Hi. I just checked the site: http://www.genealogy.com/index_r.html and was able to find - my family surname. Rootsweb has gone under some changes - don't know if it affects the above. BUT More Message Boards - are now Gatewayed to relevant Rootsweb Mail Lists - This has created a problem - for me. People post their messages to Message Boards - they may not be / may not want to be - subscribed to a mail list. - are only interested in their own - research. Some of these - Message Boards - are now Gatewayed to the Relevant Rootsweb Mail Lists - The result - is that the original message is deleted from the message board site. Making it difficult for people like me - who do try to assist others - to respond to the original message .- Not being a subscriber to the new lists - our messages will not go through. As well - from what I have experienced - the original posting - also does not seem to appear - at the Rootsweb Mail List - since the person posting - is not a subscriber - The Result - as far as I can see - - No Message - No Response - Lost Messages. One in Particular - cannot be contacted via their e mail address. Perhaps a Glitch in the system. Cheers, Stella At 05:24 PM 9/3/2006, you wrote: >Hello folks >Happy Labor Day!!! well almost...well I was wondering if someone can help >me.. I know that >ROOTSWEB went under some changes and so far I have no problem and have beeen >getting my mail.. even though I havent really been doing any hard core >research..(tend to slack off for the summer)... I just went onto another >"research" site that I had saved as favorites on my computer - in >aol. And have used >this site for a long while and discovered that I cant get into my surnames >message boards.. > >The group that I ususally look at and have all my surname message boards is >called the >"_Genealogy.com_ (http://www.genealogy.com/) >Genealogy - Free Genealogy Search for Family on Site at Genealogy.com -Visit >us to discover and preserve your family's unique story. >www.genealogy.com/ - 28k - ".. > >I was able to view all of my surnames message boards with no problem.. Has >anyone joined this? > I dont remember ever reading about it changing.. I thought I keep up with >all the mail.. Can someone help to clarify that this is now a subscription >site? >I already have Ancestry.com..why another? > >Help!!! > > >Hissing >Lfelixthekat!!!! > > >**************************************** >Posting address for this list: >[email protected] >**************************************** >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
To my knowledge RootsWeb/Ancestry have always kept a separate set of Boards from Genealogy.com. The Ancestry boards can be gatewayed to the RootsWeb lists if the names are identical however, the Genealogy.com boards are not gatewayed. RootsWeb/Ancestry is also administrated by volunteers while Genealogy.com is not administrated at all. The only way a RootsWeb/Ancestry board message would be deleted is if the person who wrote it deleted it or if the admin deleted it or perhaps moved it to a more appropriate board. If the admin did it then it was because it was either not appropriate to that particular board or it violate the board rules and was deleted. Any gatewayed messages to the mailing lists are a one-way enterprise. It appears on the list but if a list person wishes to respond they must go to the boards to do so. Once a message is gatewayed it DOES NOT get deleted from the message boards. Genealogy.com is SEPARATE from Ancestry as far as mailing lists and boards are concerned but they are run by the same company. I hope I cleared up your questions. Jan Buker Board & List Admin for many. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stella Stanger Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 5:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CGW] Help .. did I miss something? Hi. I just checked the site: http://www.genealogy.com/index_r.html and was able to find - my family surname. Rootsweb has gone under some changes - don't know if it affects the above. BUT More Message Boards - are now Gatewayed to relevant Rootsweb Mail Lists - This has created a problem - for me. People post their messages to Message Boards - they may not be / may not want to be - subscribed to a mail list. - are only interested in their own - research. Some of these - Message Boards - are now Gatewayed to the Relevant Rootsweb Mail Lists - The result - is that the original message is deleted from the message board site. Making it difficult for people like me - who do try to assist others - to respond to the original message .- Not being a subscriber to the new lists - our messages will not go through. As well - from what I have experienced - the original posting - also does not seem to appear - at the Rootsweb Mail List - since the person posting - is not a subscriber - The Result - as far as I can see - - No Message - No Response - Lost Messages. One in Particular - cannot be contacted via their e mail address. Perhaps a Glitch in the system. Cheers, Stella At 05:24 PM 9/3/2006, you wrote: >Hello folks >Happy Labor Day!!! well almost...well I was wondering if someone can help >me.. I know that >ROOTSWEB went under some changes and so far I have no problem and have beeen >getting my mail.. even though I havent really been doing any hard core >research..(tend to slack off for the summer)... I just went onto another >"research" site that I had saved as favorites on my computer - in >aol. And have used >this site for a long while and discovered that I cant get into my surnames >message boards.. > >The group that I ususally look at and have all my surname message boards is >called the >"_Genealogy.com_ (http://www.genealogy.com/) >Genealogy - Free Genealogy Search for Family on Site at Genealogy.com -Visit >us to discover and preserve your family's unique story. >www.genealogy.com/ - 28k - ".. > >I was able to view all of my surnames message boards with no problem.. Has >anyone joined this? > I dont remember ever reading about it changing.. I thought I keep up with >all the mail.. Can someone help to clarify that this is now a subscription >site? >I already have Ancestry.com..why another? > >Help!!! > > >Hissing >Lfelixthekat!!!! > > >**************************************** >Posting address for this list: >[email protected] >**************************************** >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************************************** Posting address for this list: [email protected] **************************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Jan~ You are correct except...you said that once a message is gatewayed from the Message Board to the Mail List it "DOES NOT get deleted from the message boards". That is not true. The same "rules" as you have already mentioned still apply. For example if a message made it through that is Spam or inappropriate it would be deleted from the Board. As well, a message can still be moved to another, more appropriate board by the board admin or Rootsweb staff even after it have gatwayed to the mail list. Stella~ I am not sure why message board posts that you are trying to respond to are being deleted. As Jan has mentioned, it could be that they were not posted on the correct board and moved. If you find this is happening for no apparent reason, forward me the message you are replying to and I will see if I can find out the problem. Have a good day, Susan~List admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Buker" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 10:01 PM Subject: Re: [CGW] Help .. did I miss something? > To my knowledge RootsWeb/Ancestry have always kept a separate set of > Boards > from Genealogy.com. The Ancestry boards can be gatewayed to the RootsWeb > lists if the names are identical however, the Genealogy.com boards are not > gatewayed. RootsWeb/Ancestry is also administrated by volunteers while > Genealogy.com is not administrated at all. The only way a > RootsWeb/Ancestry > board message would be deleted is if the person who wrote it deleted it or > if the admin deleted it or perhaps moved it to a more appropriate board. > If > the admin did it then it was because it was either not appropriate to that > particular board or it violate the board rules and was deleted. > > Any gatewayed messages to the mailing lists are a one-way enterprise. It > appears on the list but if a list person wishes to respond they must go to > the boards to do so. Once a message is gatewayed it DOES NOT get deleted > from the message boards. > > Genealogy.com is SEPARATE from Ancestry as far as mailing lists and boards > are concerned but they are run by the same company. > > I hope I cleared up your questions. > > Jan Buker > Board & List Admin for many. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stella Stanger > Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 5:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CGW] Help .. did I miss something? > > > Hi. I just checked the site: > http://www.genealogy.com/index_r.html > and was able to find - my family surname. > > Rootsweb has gone under some changes - don't know if it affects the above. > BUT > More Message Boards - are now Gatewayed to relevant Rootsweb Mail Lists - > > This has created a problem - for me. > > People post their messages to Message Boards - they may not be / may > not want to be - subscribed to a mail list. - are only interested in > their own - research. > > Some of these - Message Boards - are now Gatewayed to the Relevant > Rootsweb Mail Lists - > The result - is that the original message is deleted from the message > board site. Making it difficult for people like me - who do try to > assist others - to respond to the original message .- Not being a > subscriber to the new lists - our messages will not go through. > As well - from what I have experienced - the original posting - also > does not seem to appear - at the Rootsweb Mail List - since the > person posting - is not a subscriber - > The Result - as far as I can see - - No Message - No Response - Lost > Messages. > One in Particular - cannot be contacted via their e mail address. > > Perhaps a Glitch in the system. > Cheers, Stella >
-SNIP- Not being a > subscriber to the new lists - our messages will not go through. > As well - from what I have experienced - the original posting - also > does not seem to appear - at the Rootsweb Mail List - since the > person posting - is not a subscriber - > The Result - as far as I can see - - No Message - No Response - Lost > Messages. > One in Particular - cannot be contacted via their e mail address. Hi everyone, If you post a message on a Rootsweb Message Board your message will go to the Mailing List if the board and list are gatewayed. You DO NOT need to be a subscriber of the mail list for your message to go through. Right now none of the gateways are automatic because of the recent changes at Rootsweb. All Message Board posts have to be released to the Mailing List by the Mailing list Administrator. This will be the case until the mailing lists and message boards have undergone all the upgrades by Rootsweb. Because the admin now has to release the messages, you may find Message Board posts are not as quick to reach the mailing lists. Susan~List Admin