Hi All This is now due to take place on Monday - of course they do not have Bank Holidays in the USA.................:-(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will apend my original message below to remind you about what it means to YOU! If you have not read it PLEASE do so now! Cheers Polly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Polly Rubery" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 10:18 PM Subject: List Migration - IMPORTANT message from List Admin - PLEASE READ! Hi All Today is the day set for the migration of this List from the old SmartList software to new (to Rootsweb Lists) Mailman software. So far this has not happened, but then they are a few hours behind us in the USA! Luckily some of the ensuing problems have been ironed out by Lists starting with A-C, but there will invariably be some differences that you will all see when it does happen. Most of you should have received a notification from Rootsweb, but in case any (especially recent new subscribers) have missed it I will repeat it below. PLEASE read it and take note of the changes to the List addresses. Please also note that if any of you are subscribed to both List and Digest formats with the same email address you will cease to receive the Digest as both cannot be sent to the same address. If you still wish to receive both formats then you will need to subscribe to the Digest with a different email address. Those subscribed to the Digest format will start to receive them in the default form of plain text, ie as one long continuos message. If you prefer the MIME format, where each message is a separate attachment then *I* CAN set you up to receive it in that format, but you will have to write and ask me, and tell me your email address (and also be patient, as if I receive a lot of requests it may take me some time to work through them - as I also have to learn to use the new admin interface!) At the moment AOL have blacklisted the new Rootsweb servers, so AOL subscribers may lose touch.....hopefully this problem will be sorted out shortly. Any other problems, please contact me and I will try to help. Kind regards Polly Rubery List admin: [email protected] A genealogy and local history list covering the Counties of Brecon, Hereford, Monmouth, Shropshire, Stafford and Worcester. [email protected] A genealogy and local history list covering the County of Hereford [email protected] ROWBERRY/RUBERY ONS - GOONS #278 [email protected] http://www.rowberry.org Webmaster for the Herefordshire Family History Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~ukhfhs/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 12:44 AM Subject: RootsWeb Mailing Lists are being Updated Dear RootsWeb mailing list subscriber, We are excited to announce that in the coming weeks, the RootsWeb.com mailing lists will be moving to a new list management system. Why? The new list management system offers updated technology, better spam control, and more efficient hosting of the lists. When? All the lists won't be updated all at once. In fact, once we start it will take us about two weeks to complete the process. We've posted the additional details about the update and a current update schedule at the link below. http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/migrate_sched.html This page can also be found by following the link found on http://lists.rootsweb.com. If there are any changes to the schedule, we'll update this page to let you know. How will it Affect You? Your current subscription(s) will automatically transfer to the new system so there will be no need to re-subscribe to your list(s), however, because the sending and receiving of list email will be handled by a new system, you may notice a few changes to your list(s). Digest subscribers will notice a small difference in the layout, volume and issue numbers of the list digests. The "-L" is being dropped from the "official" list name. This means the "from" address your mailing list emails come from will be slightly different- [email protected] vs. the current [email protected] You may have to adjust your spam filters or put the new address on your "accept" list to prevent it from being caught in your "junk" folder. This sounds like a big change, but it doesn't have to change the way you use the list. Here's why: - You will still be able to send messages to the list using the "[email protected]" email address you use today. Additionally, you can choose to drop the "-L" and send your messages to [email protected] Both addresses will work after the list has been migrated. - You will still be able to subscribe and unsubscribe to the mail or digest mode by sending your request to [email protected] or [email protected] as you do today. You will also be able to unsubscribe from the mail or digest mode by sending your "unsubscribe" message to [email protected] The tools that list administrators use to manage their list will also be changing. If you are a list admin, you will be contacted in an additional email on Monday with more details and a link to a tutorial. We're excited about the improvements to the lists because we feel confident that they will ensure that the mailing lists continue to run smoothly for years to come. We appreciate your patience while we make this transition and hope that the RootsWeb mailing lists will continue to be a valuable tool in your genealogy research. Thanks, The Rootsweb Staff ********************************************** You received this message from RootsWeb as a one-time email notification of upcoming changes to the mailing list(s) you subscribe to.