Well, Larry and Karen were right! They said that all the lists should be up and running by the end of the weekend, and they are. We owe Rootsweb a huge debt of gratitude for all the work they have done getting some 2200 lists back up. Anyway --- just wanted to let you all know we are back in business. The new address to send postings to is: COVEY-L@rootsweb.com (easier to remember than Maiser's address...) Everyone on the old list is already subscribed, so you needn't do anything. In case you are wondering how to unsubscribe, I have included the standard welcome message that will go out to new people. Now get those COVEY messages out there!!! Pam --------------------------------------------------------------- (New Welcome message) Welcome to the COVEY mailing list! You are currently subscribed in "mail mode", which means that you will receive every posting made to COVEY as a separate e-mail. The directions on how to change to digest mode are given below. 1. How to unsubscribe. Send a message to COVEY-L-request@rootsweb.com that contains (in the body of the message) the command unsubscribe and no additional text. 2. How to subscribe. Whatever you just did worked, or you'd not be getting this message. But for future reference (for instance, if your subscription is cancelled for whatever reason and you want to resubscribe), just send the command "subscribe" to COVEY-L-request@rootsweb.com. 3. How to change to digest mode (several postings are combined and sent to you together as a single large message). There are two steps. First, send the command "unsubscribe" to COVEY-L-request@rootsweb.com to discontinue mail mode. Second, send the command "subscribe" to COVEY-D-request@rootsweb.com to start receiving digests. 4. How to change to NOMAIL mode. There is no formal NOMAIL mode. All you have to do is follow the directions above and unsubscribe when you want the messages to stop, and then when you want them to start again, simply subscribe again. 5. If you'd like to post a message so everyone on the mailing list receives it, just send it to COVEY-L@rootsweb.com. It will then be sent on to everyone in both mail and digest mode. You don't need to send it explicitly to both. For your verification, a transcript of the original subscription request is included below. And new COVEY-D subscribers recieve: Welcome to the COVEY mailing list! You are currently subscribed in "digest mode", which means that several postings made to COVEY will be consolidated together and sent to you as a single large message. The directions on how to change to mail mode (where you receive every message as a separate e-mail) are given below. 1. How to unsubscribe. Send a message to COVEY-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains (in the body of the message) the command unsubscribe and no additional text. 2. How to subscribe. Whatever you just did worked, or you'd not be getting this message. But for future reference (for instance, if your subscription is cancelled for whatever reason and you want to resubscribe), just send the command "subscribe" to COVEY-D-request@rootsweb.com. 3. How to change to mail mode (each posting is sent to you as a separate e-mail). There are two steps. First, send the command "unsubscribe" to COVEY-D-request@rootsweb.com to discontinue digest mode. Second, send the command "subscribe" to COVEY-L-request@rootsweb.com to start receiving individual messages. 4. How to change to NOMAIL mode. There is no formal NOMAIL mode. All you have to do is follow the directions above and unsubscribe when you want the messages to stop, and then when you want them to start again, simply subscribe again. 5. If you'd like to post a message so everyone on the mailing list receives it, just send it to COVEY-L@rootsweb.com. It will then be sent on to everyone in both mail and digest mode. You don't need to send it explicitly to both. For your verification, a transcript of the original subscription request is included below. ******************************************************************** Pam Wood Waugh, 730 Dunhill Drive, Orlando, FL 32825 (407)275-8514 ******************************************************************** Email: moodies@magicnet.net(home) or waughp@ocps.k12.fl.us(work) Eastern Townships of Quebec genealogy page: http://www.magicnet.net/~moodies/et2.html My Family Lines: http://www.magicnet.net/~moodies "I think that I shall never see, a finished genealogy"