Hi everyone, We've got another run of list posts that have a Chinese character prompt and/or people are receiving blank emails or emails containing symbols. I wanted to let you all know that we know what the problem is and are currently working at the solution. There's nothing to worry about. This isn't the result of a virus. Briefly, what is happening is that an email was sent in the wrong character set. Anyone who responds to that original email (by hitting Reply, Reply All or Reply in Same Format), picks up the incorrect charset. Some ISPs provide a prompt, asking you to download the charset, while others receive blank emails or emails containing symbols. While we are correcting the problem, we ask that no one hit the Reply button on the '19th Ward RC Church' thread. This is the thread where the charset is in Chinese. If you are going to respond on that thread, I ask that you please start a brand new email. I would like to thank all of you for your help and cooperation in this matter. You've been very patient and understanding. Take care, Tracy IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY list admin
Sorry Tracy I think I just replied to all on this matter as my name keeps getting mentioned.......Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: <GaelEire@aol.com> To: <IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 5:06 PM Subject: [IRISH-NYC] Admin Notice - Important! > Hi everyone, > We've got another run of list posts that have a Chinese character prompt > and/or people are receiving blank emails or emails containing symbols. I > wanted to let you all know that we know what the problem is and are currently > working at the solution. There's nothing to worry about. This isn't the > result of a virus. > > Briefly, what is happening is that an email was sent in the wrong character > set. Anyone who responds to that original email (by hitting Reply, Reply All > or Reply in Same Format), picks up the incorrect charset. Some ISPs provide > a prompt, asking you to download the charset, while others receive blank > emails or emails containing symbols. > > While we are correcting the problem, we ask that no one hit the Reply button > on the '19th Ward RC Church' thread. This is the thread where the charset is > in Chinese. If you are going to respond on that thread, I ask that you > please start a brand new email. > > I would like to thank all of you for your help and cooperation in this > matter. You've been very patient and understanding. > > Take care, > Tracy > > IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY list admin > > > ==== IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY Mailing List ==== > Please keep your anti-virus software up-to-date and run frequent scans! > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >