As some subscribers to this list know, I have strenuously objected on another list to the wholesale renaming of all the lists -- before being rudely cut off without warning in mid-sentence, as it were. 1. Renaming all the lists, e.g. from "LISTNAME-L" to "listname", virtually guarantees that all subscribers using their email client filter capabilities will need to change them. 2. If the lists had been all renamed to "listname-L" at least the -L subscribers would escape having to change their filters. 3. Even if this is just a few subscribers, why unnecessarily disturb them? 4. Making the new list names all be ...-L is easily within the capability of the new list processor (I checked), and simple as pie to do. No code changes required. 5. Far from "reducing the confusion" associated with the old -L/-D/-I nomenclature, this change ADDS to the confusion by introducing yet another name, since the old names are being retained for some reason. 6. In fact, having all lists be named ...-L would be a return to the previous state when ListServ was the processor. Nobody seemed confused that -L meant that it was a mail list. 7. What is the /advantage/ of the new nomenclature? I maintain that there is none. -- Regards, Rod Dav4is / P.O. Box 118 / Hyde Park, NY 12538 / USA Genealogy, et Cetera: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~dav4is/ 447 ancestral & collateral families, mostly 17°-19° century New England & European roots. Total population: 108,300+ Annex: http://www.gencircles.com/users/dav4is/ email: DAV4IS@YAHOO.COM "We have met the enemy, and he is us!" -Pogo Possum (1970)

I have all mine set up to filter subject line prepends, I hope that wont change too ?>? Dan M \ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rod Dav4is" <dav4is@yahoo.com> To: <list-update@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 1:38 PM Subject: [LIST-UPDATE] Just so nobody can claim having had no complaints... 1. Renaming all the lists, e.g. from "LISTNAME-L" to "listname", virtually guarantees that all subscribers using their email client filter capabilities will need to change them. 2. If the lists had been all renamed to "listname-L" at least the -L ==--==--==

Dan Your filters should be fine. The prepends should remain as they were, unless the Admin manually changes them. Cheers, Lauren On 8/12/06, Dan M <wb@wvi.com> wrote: > I have all mine set up to filter subject line prepends, I hope that wont > change too ?>? > > Dan M > \ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rod Dav4is" <dav4is@yahoo.com> > To: <list-update@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 1:38 PM > Subject: [LIST-UPDATE] Just so nobody can claim having had no complaints... > > > 1. Renaming all the lists, e.g. from "LISTNAME-L" to "listname", > virtually guarantees that all subscribers using their email client > filter capabilities will need to change them. > 2. If the lists had been all renamed to "listname-L" at least the -L > > ==--==--== > > This list is reserved for discussion of topics related to the update of the mailing lists. List Admins should discuss admin-specific topics (like settings and tools) on the ListOwners-L@rootsweb.com list. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LIST-UPDATE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Dear Listers: Rod hashed and hashed and rehashed this already on the List Development list. I don't see any reason to repeat that discussion here. His comments and concerns WERE brought to the BETA list. I really would rather not have to read a third round of this which has become a moot point. Let it suffice that it will require extra reengineering of the software, defeating the purpose of going to something new and upgradable, will block more spam from hitting the lists, etc. The -L is not part of the list name. It was an artificial designator to force Smartlist to do something that even it was not designed to do. To my knowledge "ListServ" was not the software ever used at Rootsweb.com Yes, there may be a wee bit of work for subscribers to edit their filters. That will be a short lived experience. And much worth the trade off from having software that was failing the system. Can we move off thiis topic, Rod? Please. Asked and answered. The horse will not smell any better getting beat on this list too. Cheers, Lauren On 8/12/06, Rod Dav4is <dav4is@yahoo.com> wrote: > As some subscribers to this list know, I have strenuously objected > on another list to the wholesale renaming of all the lists -- before > being rudely cut off without warning in mid-sentence, as it were. > > 1. Renaming all the lists, e.g. from "LISTNAME-L" to "listname", > virtually guarantees that all subscribers using their email client > filter capabilities will need to change them. > 2. If the lists had been all renamed to "listname-L" at least the -L > subscribers would escape having to change their filters. > 3. Even if this is just a few subscribers, why unnecessarily disturb > them? > 4. Making the new list names all be ...-L is easily within the > capability of the new list processor (I checked), and simple as > pie to do. No code changes required. > 5. Far from "reducing the confusion" associated with the old -L/-D/-I > nomenclature, this change ADDS to the confusion by introducing yet > another name, since the old names are being retained for some reason. > 6. In fact, having all lists be named ...-L would be a return to the > previous state when ListServ was the processor. Nobody seemed > confused that -L meant that it was a mail list. > 7. What is the /advantage/ of the new nomenclature? I maintain that > there is none. > > -- > > Regards, Rod Dav4is / P.O. Box 118 / Hyde Park, NY 12538 / USA > Genealogy, et Cetera: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~dav4is/ > 447 ancestral & collateral families, mostly 17°-19° century > New England & European roots. Total population: 108,300+ > Annex: http://www.gencircles.com/users/dav4is/ > email: DAV4IS@YAHOO.COM > "We have met the enemy, and he is us!" > -Pogo Possum (1970) > > > This list is reserved for discussion of topics related to the update of the mailing lists. List Admins should discuss admin-specific topics (like settings and tools) on the ListOwners-L@rootsweb.com list. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LIST-UPDATE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >