>Good Day Everyone, > >By now many of you probably know that the rootsweb mail lists are being >moved to new software. > >An announcement about the move appears on the helpdesk site. I have >included that announcement below. > >A schedule has been set up for the migration of the various lists. Lists >will be moved according to the first letter of the list name. Right now that >schedule looks like this: >Thursday, August 17 - Lists A - C >Monday, August 21 - Lists D - F >Tuesday, August 22 - Lists G - I >Wednesday, August 23 - Lists J - L >Thursday, August 24 - Lists M - O >Monday, August 28 - Lists P - R >Tuesday, August 29 - Lists S - U >Wednesday, August 30 - Lists V - Z > >It is possible that something could cause the schedule to be changed. That >too happens sometimes with computers >There really isn't anything for you to do to prepare for this move. But I >did want to let all of you know about it. > >Once the list has been moved, I will send a test message to let you know the >move has been accomplished > >While every effort has been made to make this a smooth move we all know that >sometimes things do happen. > >Should you experience problems you can check the helpdesk site for the >latest information: >http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com > >Oh... one more thing. The move will mean a change in the tools the admins >use to manage lists. So please be patient with all of "us listadmins" as we >do a bit of learning on the job so to speak. > >See below for the announcement that appears on the help desk site. > >> >>1 MAIL LIST MIGRATION: >>2006-08-14 >>RootsWeb mail lists will be moved to the new Mailman software starting >>Thursday, August 17. The lists will be moved in small groups, >>alphabetically. An >>email went out to inform list users of the change. If you have any >>questions, >>a list has been created >>list-update@rootsweb.com >>for discussion of the updates and answering questions during the transition. >>To subscribe to the list, send an email with the word “subscribe” in the >>subject line to: >>List-Update-request@rootsweb.com >>If you would like to subscribe to the list digest, please send an email with >>the word “subscribe” in the subject line to: >>List-Update-D-request@rootsweb.com