What? You Have No Mail! An increasing number of RootsWeb Mailing List subscribers and their ISPs have begun using spam-filtering tools. These filters do not always function well with the delivery of Mailing List messages. Filters that require the sender of a message to register at a website to allow mail to be delivered are generally not compatible with Mailing Lists. Some filters require Mailing List addresses to be added to a Safe List or a special "approved" Mailing List section. If you or your ISP use a spam-filtering program and you are a RootsWeb Mailing List subscriber, remember to consider your list mail when setting up your options. If you have questions as to whether or not your filters can be adapted to accommodate list mail, your ISP tech support representatives should be able to assist you in selecting the proper settings. Consider spam filters as a likely culprit, if you suspect you might not be receiving all of your Mailing List messages, and assuming that you have done the following: --Obtained a list of all your subscribed to Mailing Lists from Password Central: http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/ just to be sure you have not been removed from the list in question. (By the way, did you know that Password Central can be accessed by clicking on the Passwords Tab shown at the top on any RootsWeb page?) --Checked the threaded Mailing List archives for the list http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ to be sure messages have been posted that you have not received. Type in the Mailing List name (without any -L or -D) and click to view an outline of messages to look for those you might have missed. ---Contacted the list administrator at: [email protected] (replace the word LISTNAME with the actual name of the list -- using no -L or -D) to check whether the administrator has received any bounced mail notices for your address and, if so, to learn the reason for them. If you are currently subscribed to a Mailing List and messages have been posted to it that you have not received, spam filtering may be the cause whether or not the administrator has received bounces. In some instances, spam filters result in your ISP (or your installed application) simply discarding the messages with no notice to you. In other cases, the administrator will have received bounces indicating that the list mail is considered spam. Once you determine that spam filters are the problem, check your setups -- if you've installed a spam filter. Or check with your ISP tech support representative, if your ISP has installed the filters. If the problem is with your ISP then its tech support should be able to assist you in resolving the conflict once you explain that you want to receive RootsWeb list mai, and that it is not spam.