We hope it will be only temporary but Rootsweb is currently refusing any mail from the server used by Wendelin, < gmx.de >. Rootsweb outgoing mail will be sent to < gmx.de > users but incoming mail is blocked. You may continue to send your questions to the List and if Wendelin can help, he will see your message, then formulate a return message which he will send to me so that I can post it to the List for him. Rootsweb through its Help Desk no longer wants to talk to me about the situation. I believe that no one at that level has any ability to adjust the Rootsweb status. The statement is that < gmx.de > is internationally blacklisted. This is probably for server Spamming but the individuals who use the service are being unjustly injured. djweber [email protected]