>Good Morning! >I received the following from Rootsweb yesterday. Please read! If you >have any questions, please let me know and I'll try to answer them. I >really don't know much more than what is in the message from Rootsweb >though. I guess we'll all learn together! > >Norma - Brashears list admin. _____________________________________________________ >Dear RootsWeb mailing list subscriber, > >We are excited to announce that in the coming weeks, the RootsWeb.com >mailing lists will be moving to a new list management system. > >Why? >The new list management system offers updated technology, better spam >control, and more efficient hosting of the lists. > >When? >All the lists won't be updated all at once. In fact, once we start it >will take us about two weeks to complete the process. We've posted the >additional details about the update and a current update schedule at the >link below. >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/migrate_sched.html > >This page can also be found by following the link found on >http://lists.rootsweb.com. If there are any changes to the schedule, >we'll update this page to let you know. > >How will it Affect You? >Your current subscription(s) will automatically transfer to the new >system so there will be no need to re-subscribe to your list(s), >however, because the sending and receiving of list email will be handled >by a new system, you may notice a few changes to your list(s). > >Digest subscribers will notice a small difference in the layout, volume >and issue numbers of the list digests. > >The "-L" is being dropped from the "official" list name. This means the >"from" address your mailing list emails come from will be slightly >different- ListName@rootsweb.com vs. the current >ListName-L@rootsweb.com. You may have to adjust your spam filters or >put the new address on your "accept" list to prevent it from being >caught in your "junk" folder. > >This sounds like a big change, but it doesn't have to change the way you >use the list. > >Here's why: >- You will still be able to send messages to the list using the >"ListName-L@rootsweb.com" email address you use today. Additionally, you >can choose to drop the "-L" and send your messages to >ListName@rootsweb.com. Both addresses will work after the list has been >migrated. > >- You will still be able to subscribe and unsubscribe to the mail or >digest mode by sending your request to ListName-L-request@rootsweb.com >or ListName-D-request@rootsweb.com as you do today. You will also be >able to unsubscribe from the mail or digest mode by sending your >"unsubscribe" message to LISTNAME-request@rootsweb.com. > >The tools that list administrators use to manage their list will also be >changing. If you are a list admin, you will be contacted in an >additional email on Monday with more details and a link to a tutorial. > >We're excited about the improvements to the lists because we feel >confident that they will ensure that the mailing lists continue to run >smoothly for years to come. We appreciate your patience while we make >this transition and hope that the RootsWeb mailing lists will continue >to be a valuable tool in your genealogy research. > >Thanks, > >The Rootsweb Staff > >********************************************** >You received this message from RootsWeb as a one-time email notification >of upcoming changes to the mailing list(s) you subscribe to.