Linda, I don't think there has been Ortenau action over the past few days because this list is on a Rootsweb "working" server, Lists2 so we should be receiving its mail....it is Lists5 which is down and according to the Rootsweb Help site as of today, no date has been determined as to when that server and its various Lists may be back in business. Wendelin had sent a message to the Ortenau list several days ago "explaining" in Rootsweb terms as to how to determine which server each of your various lists is on. The message came from Rootsweb and it looked more confusing but it actually worked. I checked a couple of currently inactive lists and found Lists5 as the answer. I will copy that most of that message below. djweber [email protected] ---------------------------- > Hi list administrators, > > The server LISTS5 is off-line with respect to sending and > distributing mail, and it will be so **at least** for another couple > of days. All other list servers are operating normally. > > How do you know if your list is on LIST2, LISTS3, LISTS5 or LISTS8? > Go to your lists tools via > http://lists.rootsweb.com/tools/LISTNAME > Convert LISTNAME to your list's name. If the url changes to reflect > LISTS2, LISTS3 or LISTS8, then it is not on LISTS5. If it still says > LISTS or LISTS5, then it is on LISTS5 > > The basic story is that the server had had a hard disk problem > earlier in the week, and when the disk was recovered by the system > administrators, something else was broken and there followed a chain > reaction that I was unable to stop until I got online later in the > day. It will take a bit of cleaning up, nothing fatal just plain > nuisance and time consuming. > > Brief information will be posted to the HelpDesk announcements zone, > http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ > for the information of list subscribers. > > As I am able, I will send messages to Listowners-L and for those not > subscribed, you can see the messages in the list's archives > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/listowners > As this mailing list is on LISTS, you will be unable to subscribe to > the list for messages. > > If there is special information that you have to know about the > repair operations, then these will be sent to you via this mailing > list. For the moment, if there are any urgent questions or issues, > please use the HelpDesk form http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/help.cgi .

Thanks, I am on BADEN-WURTTEMBERG list and with a large membership I usually get lots of mail, but I havent' gotten anything. It is on Lists5. OK, then it's not bellsouth's firewall, they have a way of blocking some things that are opt in, and was just making sure I was still on the lists. Linda

DJ, I don't know what you meant by your 2nd paragraph as I never received that message from Wendenlin, through the Ortenau List, as you described. Was that only suppose to be for certain people? I also haven't been receiving any mail from ANY of my Lists. How do you know whether you are on Lists2, Lists3, Lists5, or whatever? ..... except that you just said Ortenau was Lists2? Normally, if things are too quiet with my Lists, I head for the archives to see if anything has come in (though this week has been an exception!). Carol -----Original Message----- From: djweber [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 7:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Ortenau] documents of cloister Wittichen Linda, I don't think there has been Ortenau action over the past few days because this list is on a Rootsweb "working" server, Lists2 so we should be receiving its mail....it is Lists5 which is down and according to the Rootsweb Help site as of today, no date has been determined as to when that server and its various Lists may be back in business. Wendelin had sent a message to the Ortenau list several days ago "explaining" in Rootsweb terms as to how to determine which server each of your various lists is on. The message came from Rootsweb and it looked more confusing but it actually worked. I checked a couple of currently inactive lists and found Lists5 as the answer. I will copy that most of that message below. djweber [email protected] ----------------------------