Hello -- It is unfortunate that the list has become a venue to air one's frustrations about not being able to unsubscribe successfully. Please, let's keep the list for posts about Huguenot/Walloon genealogy. I will personally (and privately) contact all those who have posted about unsubscribing difficulties and will assist all of you as soon as I can. In the meantime, would everyone who is having similar difficulties -- 1) *not* post to the list about it 2) instead contact me *privately*, ie. *not on the list*. I can be reached at my personal e-mail address (andreav@island.net) or at my HWE admin address which is Huguenots-Walloons-Europe-admin@rootsweb.com. There is usually a very straightforward reason why an unsubscribe request is not successful, ie. the instructions as outlined on our website here: http://www.island.net/~andreav/unsub.htm are not being followed. I have rarely, if ever, encountered a situation when difficulties occurred for any other reason. (But I could always be proven wrong about that! <smile>) Please keep in mind that the list is for genealogy. Before sending something to the list, ask yourself if it has any genealogical content. *If it doesn't, don't send it.* And, yes, I do myself sometimes post about things non-genealogical. As the list admin, I am able to do that but do so only for the purpose of keeping the list running smoothly. It seems that in this case, though, the opposite of what I intended has happened. And to everyone out there who is anxious to bid adeiu to HWE but can't manage to do so, please hang on. I will be along to assist you soon. Regards, Andrea (HWE list concierge)

Just one more time, Andrea, then I don't care what you do with your list. I have not made any mistakes and I want everyone to know that. Here is where I signed up for this list and here is where I expect to unsubscribe like I do with all the other lists. > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-French/HUGUENOT-WALLOON.html I didn't even know the address you have below in your message existed. As you can see the above is at Rootsweb. Thank you, PS: This IS a part of genealogical research. . Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrea Vogel" <andreav@island.net> To: <HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 8:24 PM Subject: [HWE] Off-List Please! > Hello -- > > It is unfortunate that the list has become > a venue to air one's frustrations about not > being able to unsubscribe successfully. > Please, let's keep the list for posts about Huguenot/Walloon genealogy. > > I will personally (and privately) contact > all those who have posted about > unsubscribing difficulties and will assist > all of you as soon as I can. > In the meantime, would everyone who > is having similar difficulties -- > 1) *not* post to the list about it > 2) instead contact me *privately*, ie. > *not on the list*. > > I can be reached at my personal > e-mail address (andreav@island.net) > or at my HWE admin address which is > Huguenots-Walloons-Europe-admin@rootsweb.com. > > There is usually a very straightforward > reason why an unsubscribe request is > not successful, ie. the instructions as > outlined on our website here: > http://www.island.net/~andreav/unsub.htm > are not being followed. I have rarely, if > ever, encountered a situation when > difficulties occurred for any other > reason. (But I could always be proven > wrong about that! <smile>) > > Please keep in mind that the list is > for genealogy. Before sending > something to the list, ask yourself if it > has any genealogical content. > *If it doesn't, don't send it.*