--part1_fb.77d9025.26871d09_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A letter from the Rootsweb "Powers That Be", for your information... --part1_fb.77d9025.26871d09_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <LISTADMINS-ANNOUNCE-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-za04.mx.aol.com (rly-za04.mail.aol.com [172.31.36.100]) by air-za02.mail.aol.com (v74.17) with ESMTP; Sun, 25 Jun 2000 04:27:12 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.123]) by rly-za04.mx.aol.com (v74.17) with ESMTP; Sun, 25 Jun 2000 04:26:38 2000 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e5P8PNc23709; Sun, 25 Jun 2000 01:25:23 -0700 Resent-Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 01:25:23 -0700 X-Original-Sender: twp@ma-1.rootsweb.com Sun Jun 25 01:25:22 2000 Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 04:25:26 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200006250825.e5P8PQ428214@ma-1.rootsweb.com> Old-To: LISTADMINS-ANNOUNCE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Mastercard Taglines From: Tim Pierce <twp@rootsweb.com> Resent-Message-ID: <y93UCD.A.LyF.yHcV5@lists5.rootsweb.com> To: LISTADMINS-ANNOUNCE-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: LISTADMINS-ANNOUNCE-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <LISTADMINS-ANNOUNCE-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/3 X-Loop: LISTADMINS-ANNOUNCE-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: LISTADMINS-ANNOUNCE-L-request@rootsweb.com X-Mailer: Unknown Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, list managers - Most of you are probably aware by now about the "MasterCard" advertising taglines that have appeared on the bottom of a lot of mailing lists. This letter is my attempt at explaining what's going on. First, please understand that these taglines are *not* related to RootsWeb.com's merger with MyFamily.com! That merger has not yet been completed, and our management has not changed. Neither Ancestry.com nor MyFamily.com had any input at all into this advertising arrangement. The timing was just pretty poor (to say the least)! Second, we have already fulfilled this advertising contract, which means that we can go back to using RootsWeb-themed advertising taglines until further notice. I'm sure that many of you will be pleased by that. :-) In general, if you see advertising taglines on your mailing list and you want to remove them, go to the "Customize Settings" section of your list utilities. Most lists will have a "Use commercial taglines?" option that you can turn off. If your list doesn't have this option, that means it's an "unsponsored" list (which means that it wasn't created for a RootsWeb Sponsor). Advertising taglines are required on these unsponsored lists. I hope that clears everything up. I'm awfully sorry that I failed to warn you before we put the commercial taglines on the mailing lists -- it obviously came as a shock to some of you, and I should have realized that it would be a big surprise. -- Regards, Tim Pierce RootsWeb.com lead system admonsterator and Chief Hacking Officer --part1_fb.77d9025.26871d09_boundary--