TIME FOR A LIST COMMAND UPDATE! Please READ carefully and SAVE. PLEASE write to ME <yvonne@sonic.net>, not the WHOLE list if you are having an email or ISP problem. It creates unnecessary list traffic and I can react much quicker to a personal email than to see your problem buried in list traffic. NO-NOs: *DO NOT POST VIRUS NOTICES TO THE LIST!!!!!* *DO NOT POST MISSING/SICK/DYING CHILDREN NOTICES TO THE LIST!!!!!* *DO NOT POST EMAIL INTERNET CHARGES NOTICES TO THE LIST!!!!* Etc. ROOTSWEB SERVERS WILL REJECT: *MESSAGES W/ATTACHMENTS *MESSAGES WRITTEN IN HTML *MESSAGES WRITTEN IN RTF Be sure your mail program is set to "Plain Text". If in doubt about your program, visit: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/listowners/html-off.htm for more info. COMMANDS: The servers consider mail and digest separate COMMAND addresses. Depending on which "type" of list you are on, your command address will either be: BRANSON-L-request @rootsweb.com OR BRANSON-D-request@rootsweb.com. Please use the correct one. TO SUBSCRIBE OR UNSUBSCRIBE: SUBSCRIBE:: Send message to BRANSON-L-request@rootsweb.com with nothing but the word SUBSCRIBE in the body text. Use BRANSON-D-request@rootsweb.com if you are subscribing to the digest version. UNSUBSCRIBE: Send message to BRANSON-L-request@rootsweb.com with nothing but the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body text. Use BRANSON-D-request@rootsweb.com if you are unsubscribing from the digest version. "NOMAIL": Rootsweb does NOT have a "NOMAIL" function. If you will be away, you must UNSUBSCRIBE from the list and (RE)SUBSCRIBE when you return. If you don't, 2 things may happen: 1) You will accumulate a ton of mail and 2) your ISP may start bouncing mail if you max out and the Rootsweb smartlist will automatically UNSUBSCRIBE you after 4 bounces NOTE: RESUB, RESUBSCRIBE AND UNSUB ARE NOT COMMANDS. Use SUBSCRIBE OR UNSUBSCRIBE. DIGEST/REGULAR MAIL Digest is available on all the lists. On slower lists, digest means no messages for a couple of days. Regardless of whether you are on digest or not, ALL messages are posted to BRANSON-L@rootsweb.com. To set digest, send a message to BRANSON-D-request@rootsweb.com with NOTHING but SUBSCRIBE in the body text. After you start receiving digest, UNSUBSCRIBE from regular mail by sending a message to BRANSON-L-request@rootsweb.com with UNSUBSCRIBE in the body text. If you don't do this, you will receive double messages. If you find you don't like digest, just reverse the process: UNSUBSCRIBE from BRANSON-D and RESUB (use SUBSCRIBE) to BRANSON-L (see instructions above).. Please note: some users don't recommend digest for AOL users because AOL's mail system often truncates, drops or detaches and re attaches as .mim files the digests. Good luck. CHANGING EMAIL ADDRESSES: If you are changing your email address, you must UNSUBSCRIBE from your OLD address, and RESUB (use SUBSCRIBE) from your NEW (see instructions above). ARCHIVES: REGULAR ARCHIVES: These appear on the web page: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=BRANSON You do NOT need a user name or password. They are "searchable" by keyword but are not "threaded". THREADED ARCHIVES: These appear on the web page: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/BRANSON-L/ You DO need a user name and password. (the archive will prompt you to enter one, if you don't have one there is a button to set create one, and you will have immediate access). You will use it each time you visit the archives (regardless of which mailing list). If you want to retrieve archived digests by email, please see http://www.sonic.net/yvonne/listinfo.html for instructions on retrieving archives via email or write me at <yvonne@sonic.net> FOR GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING ROOTSWEB: http://www.rootsweb.com/ FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO SUPPORT ROOTSWEB: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html FOR OTHER ROOTSWEB SURNAME, REGIONAL, ETHNIC LISTS & SPECIALTY: http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ FOR STATE & REGIONAL LISTS (PREVIOUSLY MAISER): http://php.indiana.edu/~stephenl/genealog.htm Yvonne Bowers, List Owner (Looking for Liner) BRANSON-L Family List Thomas Day BRANSON family file: http://www.sonic.net/yvonne/branson/WC_TOC.htm Most Wanted: http://www.sonic.net/yvonne/branson.html GenConnect: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Branson