FYI....this list is currently being added to take advantage of this new feature....Check the URL below for more details and to see what lists are already doing this... >Listowners, > >Some of you may still be unaware of this announcement that came >through this week's Rootsweb Review. > >We are very excited about providing this new service to all Rootsweb >mailing lists and strongly encourage that you take advantage of it for >your mailing list. > >On Thursday alone there were over 168,000 hits on the website and >since then the number of archived messages have surpassed 152,607 with >the the number of mailing lists have growing to 1,220! > >-marc > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > * * * * * > > NEWS AND NOTES FROM ROOTSWEB > >THREADED LIST ARCHIVES ARE NOW AVAILABLE. Now you can read >122,813 messages from 877 mailing lists using your Web browser by >visiting <http://archiver.rootsweb.com/>. All those messages are >from just three months of beta tests -- watch this archives grow >with its public debut. > >This is a remarkably comfortable way to browse through the posts >that have been made to the lists. Be sure to use the integrated >search engine to find what you are looking for. > >To use the Archiver you will need to pick a user name and >password and you will need to accept a cookie. The reason for >passwords and cookies is to keep spammers' e-mail address >harvesters *out* of the archives. Because of this password-and- >cookie feature, listowners can set up lists to be archived with >confidence that they are *not* exposing posters' addresses to >spammers. We encourage all RootsWeb listowners to visit the >Archiver and then include their lists in the archives. > >The next step is to start making old list messages available. > >Thanks to Marc Nozell for implementing the threaded archives. >It's great work. > > * * * Toodles! Shirley toodles@airmail.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Toodlz Page: http://members.xoom.com/Toodlz/ 4-H in Collin County Texas: http://county.tamu.edu/collin/ Take It By STORM Volleyball: http://members.xoom.com/TIBS_Vball/ USGenWeb Project: http://www.usgenweb.net/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~