I just got a digest from my Alsace-Lorraine list and scrolled through just to see how large it is (fine). However, the footer at the bottom looks like this now: Subject: Digest Footer To contact the %(real_name)s list administrator, send an email to %(real_name)[email protected] To post a message to the ALSACE-LORRAINE mailing list -- [email protected], send an email to %(real_name)[email protected] __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to %(real_name)[email protected]%(host_name)s with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. ------------------------------ End of ALSACE-LORRAINE Digest, Vol 13, Issue 29 *********************************************** Methinks there are still some gremlins in the system! Valorie -- http://about.me/valoriez

On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 10:23 PM, Anne Burgess via LISTOWNERS <[email protected]> wrote: > I have long wondered what the point is of the Lists and Boards dealing with > the same topic being separate. People use them in a very similar way - it > just depends which they come across first. Sure. At the time Rootsweb created the boards however, unifying them wasn't possible. Now there are tested systems such as Discourse (discourse.org) which could do that very well. > Why not amalgamate them, or at least amalgamate the List archives with the > MB archives? That way everyone would benefit because they would immediately > see everything rather than only what happens to have been started via a List > or what happens to have been started via a Board? > > Anne > ANGUS List and Message Board Administrator Brian Leverich was thinking about doing that before selling Rootsweb, but I don't think Ancestry was interested. Whether or not they are evaluating that now, who can say? In my testing of Discourse, I found the search functions less than stellar. That is what I *love* about lists -- our fantastic archives. If they can get search working well, and figure out a way to make the change not too painful, I would welcome it. Valorie -- http://about.me/valoriez

Gene, Go to the bottom of WHICH pane? Regards, Ian MARR at 38° 24' 01.299" S by 142° 34' 11.9094" E; 6m above sea level Remember, to EVERY question in life, there is MORE than ONE correct answer. This message can be considered to be in the public domain. The home of SW Victorian Cemetery indexes: http://www.ianmarr.net.au/ Allansford Weather (10 min updates): http://www.ianmarr.net.au/Weather/ Family Tree (Ancestry): http://trees.ancestry.com.au/tree/66493449/family/pedigree?cfpid=48155438646&selnode=1 Family Tree (TribalPages): http://marrwatts.tribalpages.com/ -----Original Message----- From: Gene Phillips Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 12:42 PM To: Listowners list for Rootsweb list admins and moderators Subject: [LO]Re: Boards list? Go to the bottom of the page. Click on the Admin Center link. On the page that comes up, all your boards will be listed. Click on one of the boards. There is a Tools block where you can Edit Board Info. Gene At 08:46 PM 4/17/2018, Timothy Stowell wrote: >Pat, > >I was admin of boards in the past, but I don't recall all of them. I can >click on the link logged in to the system on Rootsweb the tab that says >message boards, but nothing happens. I did look up one board and >discovered it shows me as admin but with a defunct email address. How would >I get that changed? > >Tim > >On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 3:47 PM, Pat Asher <[email protected]> wrote: > >> At 03:31 PM 4/17/2018, Timothy Stowell wrote: >> >>> While I also gather >>> that the boards on Ancestry and the ones on Rootsweb are basically the >>> same, I believe they are accessed differently. Best I know I was only >>> admin for boards on Rootsweb. >>> >> >> Tim, The Boards are not just "basically" the same -- they ARE the same. >> Only the interface was/is/will remain different. >> >> If you adminned a board in the past using the RootsWeb interface, you can >> admin it now through the Ancestry interface. >> >> >> Pat A. >> _______________________________________________ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> You are receiving this email because you have registered with RootsWeb >> Mailing Lists. Manage your email preferences at: >> https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/accounts/subscriptions/ >> >> To unsubscribe send an email to mailto:[email protected] >> ?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe >> >> View the archives for this list at: >> https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ >> >> Your privacy is important to us. View our Privacy Statement at >> https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/privacystatement for more information. >> Use of RootsWeb is subject to our Terms and Conditions >> https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/termsandconditions >> >> RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb >> community >> > >_______________________________________________ > >_______________________________________________ >You are receiving this email because you have registered with RootsWeb >Mailing Lists. Manage your email preferences at: >https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/accounts/subscriptions/ > >To unsubscribe send an email to >mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe > >View the archives for this list at: >https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ > >Your privacy is important to us. View our Privacy Statement at >https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/privacystatement for more information. >Use of RootsWeb is subject to our Terms and Conditions >https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/termsandconditions > >RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb >community > >--- >This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. >http://www.avg.com _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ You are receiving this email because you have registered with RootsWeb Mailing Lists. Manage your email preferences at: https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/accounts/subscriptions/ To unsubscribe send an email to mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe View the archives for this list at: https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ Your privacy is important to us. View our Privacy Statement at https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/privacystatement for more information. Use of RootsWeb is subject to our Terms and Conditions https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/termsandconditions RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

I have long wondered what the point is of the Lists and Boards dealing with the same topic being separate. People use them in a very similar way - it just depends which they come across first. Why not amalgamate them, or at least amalgamate the List archives with the MB archives? That way everyone would benefit because they would immediately see everything rather than only what happens to have been started via a List or what happens to have been started via a Board? Anne ANGUS List and Message Board Administrator

Like Tim, I have no "Admin Center" link on either the Rootsweb side (logged in) or the Ancestry side (separate login). The links at the bottom of the page (both skins) is: Request New Board | Community Guidelines | Board Help | Board FAQ | Send Feedback Perhaps those for whom the Admin Center link shows up used the Ancestry boards to do their administration before Rootsweb was blown up? I never did that, and do not want to do that now, either. So I'll wait until our logins work correctly - or give up my boards. Valorie PS: From now on I'll try to keep Boards questions to the Boards-Admins list which *does* still exist. I would appreciate if others do that as well. On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 7:42 PM, Gene Phillips <[email protected]> wrote: > Go to the bottom of the page. > > Click on the Admin Center link. > > On the page that comes up, all your boards will be listed. > > Click on one of the boards. > > There is a Tools block where you can Edit Board Info. > > Gene > > > At 08:46 PM 4/17/2018, Timothy Stowell wrote: >>Pat, >> >>I was admin of boards in the past, but I don't recall all of them. I can >>click on the link logged in to the system on Rootsweb the tab that says >>message boards, but nothing happens. I did look up one board and >>discovered it shows me as admin but with a defunct email address. How would >>I get that changed? >> >>Tim >> >>On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 3:47 PM, Pat Asher <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> At 03:31 PM 4/17/2018, Timothy Stowell wrote: >>> >>>> While I also gather >>>> that the boards on Ancestry and the ones on Rootsweb are basically the >>>> same, I believe they are accessed differently. Best I know I was only >>>> admin for boards on Rootsweb. >>>> >>> >>> Tim, The Boards are not just "basically" the same -- they ARE the same. >>> Only the interface was/is/will remain different. >>> >>> If you adminned a board in the past using the RootsWeb interface, you can >>> admin it now through the Ancestry interface. >>> >>> >>> Pat A. -- http://about.me/valoriez

In the old system digests either came after so many hours or when the number of email messages totaled in size to a particular K size. What is the default now? I've seen some digests come through where the first message and the last message are days or weeks apart which doesn't seem good. I was under the impression that new posts to the lists would immediately go in the list archives even if a digest had not been released. I'm on one list that has posts sent 3/14, 3/22 and 3/28 and yet none have shown up in the list archives. So either the posts are in a holding pattern somewhere or just not making it to the archives? Tim Stowell

Gene, Logged into Rootsweb with userId / password - I don't see such a link - for instance on this board - http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.georgia.counties.coweta/mb.ashx I can see that admin address listed which is defunct and while I can add it to my list of addresses, I can't verify it. I see no place to change that to my current address. Perhaps I'm not looking at whatever page you were referencing? Tim On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 10:42 PM, Gene Phillips <[email protected]> wrote: > Go to the bottom of the page. > > Click on the Admin Center link. > > On the page that comes up, all your boards will be listed. > > Click on one of the boards. > > There is a Tools block where you can Edit Board Info. > > Gene > > > At 08:46 PM 4/17/2018, Timothy Stowell wrote: > >Pat, > > > >I was admin of boards in the past, but I don't recall all of them. I can > >click on the link logged in to the system on Rootsweb the tab that says > >message boards, but nothing happens. I did look up one board and > >discovered it shows me as admin but with a defunct email address. How > would > >I get that changed? > > > >Tim > > > >On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 3:47 PM, Pat Asher <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> At 03:31 PM 4/17/2018, Timothy Stowell wrote: > >> > >>> While I also gather > >>> that the boards on Ancestry and the ones on Rootsweb are basically the > >>> same, I believe they are accessed differently. Best I know I was only > >>> admin for boards on Rootsweb. > >>> > >> > >> Tim, The Boards are not just "basically" the same -- they ARE the same. > >> Only the interface was/is/will remain different. > >> > >> If you adminned a board in the past using the RootsWeb interface, you > can > >> admin it now through the Ancestry interface. > >> > >> > >> Pat A. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> You are receiving this email because you have registered with RootsWeb > >> Mailing Lists. Manage your email preferences at: > >> https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/accounts/subscriptions/ > >> > >> To unsubscribe send an email to mailto:[email protected] > >> ?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe > >> > >> View the archives for this list at: > >> https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/ > [email protected]/ > >> > >> Your privacy is important to us. View our Privacy Statement at > >> https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/privacystatement for more > information. > >> Use of RootsWeb is subject to our Terms and Conditions > >> https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/termsandconditions > >> > >> RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > >> community > >> > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > >_______________________________________________ > >You are receiving this email because you have registered with RootsWeb > Mailing Lists. Manage your email preferences at: https://lists.rootsweb. > ancestry.com/postorius/accounts/subscriptions/ > > > >To unsubscribe send an email to mailto:[email protected] > ?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe > > > >View the archives for this list at: https://lists.rootsweb. > ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ > > > >Your privacy is important to us. View our Privacy Statement at > https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/privacystatement for more information. > Use of RootsWeb is subject to our Terms and Conditions > https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/termsandconditions > > > >RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community > > > >--- > >This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > >http://www.avg.com > > _______________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > You are receiving this email because you have registered with RootsWeb > Mailing Lists. Manage your email preferences at: https://lists.rootsweb. > ancestry.com/postorius/accounts/subscriptions/ > > To unsubscribe send an email to mailto:[email protected] > ?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe > > View the archives for this list at: https://lists.rootsweb. > ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ > > Your privacy is important to us. View our Privacy Statement at > https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/privacystatement for more information. > Use of RootsWeb is subject to our Terms and Conditions > https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/termsandconditions > > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community >

The way I've been doing it is to post, then copy the post into an email and add the link to the board post, and remind the list members that they can "subscribe" to the Message Board if they want. Since the gateways are being dismantled and will not return, I think this is the best (as listowners) we can do. Use the boards and lists together and keep reminding our list members about the boards. I might start mentioning in my board posts that I'll be posting on the list as well, since many board posters have no clue about lists. Valorie On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 7:26 PM, Diane Sowden via LISTOWNERS <[email protected]> wrote: > How do I do this please? > > Thanks for answering. > > Diane -- http://about.me/valoriez

Sorry msn.com I made a tyop My question are posts to msn.com addresses not being delivered? Any other providers not getting through? -----Original Message----- From: David E. Cann <[email protected]> To: Listowners List Posting <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Apr 17, 2018 10:59 am Subject: [LO]What is MSM? I have beet trying to at least skim through the messages on LO to keep up with all of the ongoing issues with Mailman and our lists, but what in the world is this "MSM" people are so concerned about, and is that another worry I should add to all of my subscriber mail (with attachments) STILL getting stuck IN THE held mail filters so I can manually approve it FOR MYSELF and other listed subscribers? ☹ David E. Cann [email protected] _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________You are receiving this email because you have registered with RootsWeb Mailing Lists. Manage your email preferences at: https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/accounts/subscriptions/To unsubscribe send an email to mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribeView the archives for this list at: https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/Your privacy is important to us. View our Privacy Statement at https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/privacystatement for more information. Use of RootsWeb is subject to our Terms and Conditions https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/termsandconditionsRootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

Go to the bottom of the page. Click on the Admin Center link. On the page that comes up, all your boards will be listed. Click on one of the boards. There is a Tools block where you can Edit Board Info. Gene At 08:46 PM 4/17/2018, Timothy Stowell wrote: >Pat, > >I was admin of boards in the past, but I don't recall all of them. I can >click on the link logged in to the system on Rootsweb the tab that says >message boards, but nothing happens. I did look up one board and >discovered it shows me as admin but with a defunct email address. How would >I get that changed? > >Tim > >On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 3:47 PM, Pat Asher <[email protected]> wrote: > >> At 03:31 PM 4/17/2018, Timothy Stowell wrote: >> >>> While I also gather >>> that the boards on Ancestry and the ones on Rootsweb are basically the >>> same, I believe they are accessed differently. Best I know I was only >>> admin for boards on Rootsweb. >>> >> >> Tim, The Boards are not just "basically" the same -- they ARE the same. >> Only the interface was/is/will remain different. >> >> If you adminned a board in the past using the RootsWeb interface, you can >> admin it now through the Ancestry interface. >> >> >> Pat A. >> _______________________________________________ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> You are receiving this email because you have registered with RootsWeb >> Mailing Lists. Manage your email preferences at: >> https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/accounts/subscriptions/ >> >> To unsubscribe send an email to mailto:[email protected] >> ?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe >> >> View the archives for this list at: >> https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ >> >> Your privacy is important to us. View our Privacy Statement at >> https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/privacystatement for more information. >> Use of RootsWeb is subject to our Terms and Conditions >> https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/termsandconditions >> >> RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb >> community >> > >_______________________________________________ > >_______________________________________________ >You are receiving this email because you have registered with RootsWeb Mailing Lists. Manage your email preferences at: https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/accounts/subscriptions/ > >To unsubscribe send an email to mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe > >View the archives for this list at: https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ > >Your privacy is important to us. View our Privacy Statement at https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/privacystatement for more information. Use of RootsWeb is subject to our Terms and Conditions https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/termsandconditions > >RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community > >--- >This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. >http://www.avg.com

How do I do this please? Thanks for answering. Diane Sent from my iPad

Pat, I was admin of boards in the past, but I don't recall all of them. I can click on the link logged in to the system on Rootsweb the tab that says message boards, but nothing happens. I did look up one board and discovered it shows me as admin but with a defunct email address. How would I get that changed? Tim On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 3:47 PM, Pat Asher <[email protected]> wrote: > At 03:31 PM 4/17/2018, Timothy Stowell wrote: > >> While I also gather >> that the boards on Ancestry and the ones on Rootsweb are basically the >> same, I believe they are accessed differently. Best I know I was only >> admin for boards on Rootsweb. >> > > Tim, The Boards are not just "basically" the same -- they ARE the same. > Only the interface was/is/will remain different. > > If you adminned a board in the past using the RootsWeb interface, you can > admin it now through the Ancestry interface. > > > Pat A. > _______________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > You are receiving this email because you have registered with RootsWeb > Mailing Lists. Manage your email preferences at: > https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/accounts/subscriptions/ > > To unsubscribe send an email to mailto:[email protected] > ?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe > > View the archives for this list at: > https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ > > Your privacy is important to us. View our Privacy Statement at > https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/privacystatement for more information. > Use of RootsWeb is subject to our Terms and Conditions > https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/termsandconditions > > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community >

I'm trying really hard to remain positive. I'm having little to no trouble with my lists. They are all set to the default and I've barely changed anything except taking one person off the moderate list. Remain patient. Waiting for that big hammer (or what ever it used to be) to fall from ListPig!!! Keep smiling, deep breaths... the new stuff is great!! On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 7:30 PM, Lin Duke <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm trying hard not to be negative but it seems that the things which most > of us would like we can't have and things which we don't really want, we've > got. Was there any consultation before the rebuild? > > Lin

Thanks for the positive Susie. One hurdle is certainly a good thing and helps move on. ;) Its not easy for those in charge of the program and so many lists and even other parts of the product Anne mentioned. At least one of the best parts of all we have now that we did not have before is Anne. We have a plus positive there. Give her some time. She said she would put stuff on her list and long as it is. Maybe one day she will get to many of our questions and suggestions. Anne Thanks again for giving LO the attention we ask for . Dan On Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 4:34 PM Susie Zada <[email protected]> wrote: > Whoa - I think having the lists WORKING and Archives ACCESSIBLE is such a > big plus that the other negatives and positives are totally irrelevant! :-) > > I can remember not that long ago when it was thought the lists would NEVER > be available again! > > Regards ... Susie Z > > > April 18, 2018 9:30 AM, "Lin Duke" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm trying hard not to be negative but it seems that the things which > most of us would like we > > can't have and things which we don't really want, we've got. Was there > any consultation before the > > rebuild? > > > > Lin > > > > _______________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > You are receiving this email because you have registered with RootsWeb > Mailing Lists. Manage your email preferences at: > https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/accounts/subscriptions/ > > To unsubscribe send an email to mailto:[email protected] > ?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe > > View the archives for this list at: > https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ > > Your privacy is important to us. View our Privacy Statement at > https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/privacystatement for more information. > Use of RootsWeb is subject to our Terms and Conditions > https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/termsandconditions > > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community >

Anne, I understand. Your engineers are busy on clean-up, etc., which should be their highest priority. We truly appreciate all that they're doing. All we're asking is that you not take reworking the archives off the table. If Ancestry is committed to keeping Rootsweb around, this is a key ingredient. At 07:42 PM 4/17/2018, Anne Gillespie Mitchell wrote: >I know what the old archives looked like, but making things work the way >they used is just not an option. It would require many weeks of >development time and my engineers have a lot of other projects they are >working on at the moment. > >I realize that you all are hearing no from me a lot but that is where we >are. As much as you don't like some of the features of this version of the >product, I do believe it is better than the alternative which is no system >at all. > >Anne > > >At 07:32 PM 4/17/2018, Mary Richardson wrote: >>Anne, if the archives are very important to this product's staying >>around, then they need to be more flexible like they were >>before. The date-only option that now exists is a big turn-off to >>researchers (including the potential new folks that you seek to >>enlist). They need to see the threads. And they need to be able >>to click on a poster's name to find more posts that might help >>them. Perhaps you have misunderstood Lin and me. We are >>describing how the archives used to appear to everyone -- not just >>admins. In other words, we want the archives to be user >>friendly...as you say you do, too. I am happy to send you a screen >>shot of how things used to look if it will help. >> >>Mary >> >> >>At 07:12 PM 4/17/2018, you wrote: >>>We disabled the download after listening to the people on this list. >>>People can access the information on the site. >>> >>>The archives are very important to this product staying around -- they >>>bring people in via google search. Ad revenue and maybe will get people >>>interested in the list and be subscribing to the lists. >>> >>>Don't look at them from an admin point of view but a user point of view. >>> >>>Anne >>> >>> >>>At 07:15 PM 4/17/2018, Mary Richardson wrote: >>>>I vaguely remember a name sort. We definitely had a thread >>>>sort. Now we only have a date sort. Which is pretty much >>>>useless. The point of archives is to provide access as much as >>>>possible to further one's research, but now we have no way to >>>>easily connect the dots :-(. >>>> >>>>Mary >>>> >>>>P.S. I assume that we can no longer download the archives >>>>because they were in mbx format which few if any of us could use. >>>> >>>> >>>>At 05:52 PM 4/17/2018, Lin Duke wrote: >>>>>I cannot see a way of sorting archives by thread/date/name as under the >>>>>old system. >>>>> >>>>>Neither can they by downloaded (I could a week a so ago). >>>>> >>>>>At the moment they are neither use nor ornament.

I know what the old archives looked like, but making things work the way they used is just not an option. It would require many weeks of development time and my engineers have a lot of other projects they are working on at the moment. I realize that you all are hearing no from me a lot but that is where we are. As much as you don't like some of the features of this version of the product, I do believe it is better than the alternative which is no system at all. Anne On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 4:32 PM, Mary Richardson <[email protected]> wrote: > Anne, if the archives are very important to this product's staying around, > then they need to be more flexible like they were before. The date-only > option that now exists is a big turn-off to researchers (including the > potential new folks that you seek to enlist). They need to see the > threads. And they need to be able to click on a poster's name to find more > posts that might help them. Perhaps you have misunderstood Lin and me. > We are describing how the archives used to appear to everyone -- not just > admins. In other words, we want the archives to be user friendly...as you > say you do, too. I am happy to send you a screen shot of how things used > to look if it will help. > > Mary > > > At 07:12 PM 4/17/2018, you wrote: > >> We disabled the download after listening to the people on this list. >> People can access the information on the site. >> >> The archives are very important to this product staying around -- they >> bring people in via google search. Ad revenue and maybe will get people >> interested in the list and be subscribing to the lists. >> >> Don't look at them from an admin point of view but a user point of view. >> >> Anne >> >> >> At 07:15 PM 4/17/2018, Mary Richardson wrote: >> >>> I vaguely remember a name sort. We definitely had a thread sort. Now >>> we only have a date sort. Which is pretty much useless. The point of >>> archives is to provide access as much as possible to further one's >>> research, but now we have no way to easily connect the dots :-(. >>> >>> Mary >>> >>> P.S. I assume that we can no longer download the archives because they >>> were in mbx format which few if any of us could use. >>> >>> >>> At 05:52 PM 4/17/2018, Lin Duke wrote: >>> >>>> I cannot see a way of sorting archives by thread/date/name as under the >>>> old system. >>>> >>>> Neither can they by downloaded (I could a week a so ago). >>>> >>>> At the moment they are neither use nor ornament. >>>> >>> > _______________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > You are receiving this email because you have registered with RootsWeb > Mailing Lists. Manage your email preferences at: > https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/accounts/subscriptions/ > > To unsubscribe send an email to mailto:[email protected] > ?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe > > View the archives for this list at: https://lists.rootsweb.ancestr > y.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ > > Your privacy is important to us. View our Privacy Statement at > https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/privacystatement for more information. > Use of RootsWeb is subject to our Terms and Conditions > https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/termsandconditions > > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community > -- Anne Mitchell http://clustergenealogy.com <http://finding-forgotten-stories.com>

Whoa - I think having the lists WORKING and Archives ACCESSIBLE is such a big plus that the other negatives and positives are totally irrelevant! :-) I can remember not that long ago when it was thought the lists would NEVER be available again! Regards ... Susie Z April 18, 2018 9:30 AM, "Lin Duke" <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm trying hard not to be negative but it seems that the things which most of us would like we > can't have and things which we don't really want, we've got. Was there any consultation before the > rebuild? > > Lin >

Anne, if the archives are very important to this product's staying around, then they need to be more flexible like they were before. The date-only option that now exists is a big turn-off to researchers (including the potential new folks that you seek to enlist). They need to see the threads. And they need to be able to click on a poster's name to find more posts that might help them. Perhaps you have misunderstood Lin and me. We are describing how the archives used to appear to everyone -- not just admins. In other words, we want the archives to be user friendly...as you say you do, too. I am happy to send you a screen shot of how things used to look if it will help. Mary At 07:12 PM 4/17/2018, you wrote: >We disabled the download after listening to the people on this list. >People can access the information on the site. > >The archives are very important to this product staying around -- they >bring people in via google search. Ad revenue and maybe will get people >interested in the list and be subscribing to the lists. > >Don't look at them from an admin point of view but a user point of view. > >Anne > > >At 07:15 PM 4/17/2018, Mary Richardson wrote: >>I vaguely remember a name sort. We definitely had a thread >>sort. Now we only have a date sort. Which is pretty much >>useless. The point of archives is to provide access as much as >>possible to further one's research, but now we have no way to >>easily connect the dots :-(. >> >>Mary >> >>P.S. I assume that we can no longer download the archives because >>they were in mbx format which few if any of us could use. >> >> >>At 05:52 PM 4/17/2018, Lin Duke wrote: >>>I cannot see a way of sorting archives by thread/date/name as under the >>>old system. >>> >>>Neither can they by downloaded (I could a week a so ago). >>> >>>At the moment they are neither use nor ornament.

I'm trying hard not to be negative but it seems that the things which most of us would like we can't have and things which we don't really want, we've got. Was there any consultation before the rebuild? Lin

I was actually looking at them from a user point of view. How can you search for something when you may not know what you are looking for; the thread is non existent the entries take up most of the pages. I gave up in the end. Lin On April 18, 2018, at 00:12, Anne Gillespie Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: We disabled the download after listening to the people on this list. People can access the information on the site. The archives are very important to this product staying around -- they bring people in via google search. Ad revenue and maybe will get people interested in the list and be subscribing to the lists. Don't look at them from an admin point of view but a user point of view. Anne On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 2:52 PM, Lin Duke <[email protected]> wrote: > I cannot see a way of sorting archives by thread/date/name as under the > old system. > > Neither can they by downloaded (I could a week a so ago). > > At the moment they are neither use nor ornament. > > Lin > > > _______________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > You are receiving this email because you have registered with RootsWeb > Mailing Lists. Manage your email preferences at: https://lists.rootsweb. > ancestry.com/postorius/accounts/subscriptions/ > > To unsubscribe send an email to mailto:[email protected] > ?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe > > View the archives for this list at: https://lists.rootsweb. > ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ > > Your privacy is important to us. View our Privacy Statement at > https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/privacystatement for more information. > Use of RootsWeb is subject to our Terms and Conditions > https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/termsandconditions > > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community > -- Anne Mitchell http://clustergenealogy.com <http://finding-forgotten-stories.com> _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ You are receiving this email because you have registered with RootsWeb Mailing Lists. Manage your email preferences at: https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/accounts/subscriptions/ To unsubscribe send an email to mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe View the archives for this list at: https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ Your privacy is important to us. View our Privacy Statement at https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/privacystatement for more information. Use of RootsWeb is subject to our Terms and Conditions https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/termsandconditions RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community