The addresses I gave in my message this morning for unsubscribing from the list were incorrect. The correct addresses are: ILROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com OR ILROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com (for digest). Sorry for the confusion. Karima ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karima" <karima@insightbb.com> To: <ILROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 11:26 AM Subject: ADMINISTRATIVE - PLEASE READ - Re: [ILROOTS] Discount cigarettes with free delivery! > ** Do not reply to this message in such a way that the reply goes to the > list ** > > Greetings: > > This sort of situation is addressed on the list in every the tagline of > every 10th message posted to the list, as follows. > > ***IMPORTANT - Occasionally "off topic" messages and "spam" are posted on > the Illinois Message Board which is gatewayed to this list. When this > happens, Please just hit your delete key. If you must comment, contact me > at: ILROOTS-admin@rootsweb.com . If you respond "on list" to the offending > message and send it back to the list with your reply, you will be placed on > "moderation" status for one month. Thank you for your cooperation.*** > > I saw the message very early this morning and reported it to Rootsweb. It > is impossible to stop this sort of thing, outside of closing the gateway > between the list and board, which I hate to do. > > BTW, this message was posted to all STATE and COUNTRY message boards. > > If a member is so offended by this sort of thing occurring, and wishes to > unsubscribe from the list, you can do so by sending a message with the word > UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line to > > ILROOTS-L@rootsweb.com OR ILROOTS-D@rootsweb.com (for digest). > > I hope it will not come to that, but please understand that I have NO > control over messages posted to Message Boards. Once they are posted, they > automatically go to the list, unless the gateway between the list and board > is closed. > > Any comments or questions are to be addressed to me, **PRIVATELY**, and not > the list. Thanks in advance for your cooperation. > > Karima > ILROOTS List Administrator > --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0522-6, 06/01/2005 Tested on: 6/1/2005 6:56:10 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2004 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com