Dear Members: With life being busy, move, school, etc. I managed to have my trusty old email account fill and bounce me right off the Marin GenSoc list. I thought things had been too quiet! I have received the behind the scenes mail to ensure that Administrative matters are taken care of. I just did not receive list mail. I will be checking the archives to see what all I have missed. However, being as I resubscribed and received a copy of the Welcome Message, I thought I would post it so all of you can refresh your memories, know what is on topic and what is contra-indicated for posting. Happy Trails, Lauren Lauren M. Boyd, FSA Scot MarinGenSoc List Admin MarinGenSoc-admin@rootsweb.com Rootsweb Volunteer since 1996 -----Forwarded Message----- >From: maringensoc-request@rootsweb.com >Sent: Apr 1, 2009 2:50 PM >To: confido@ix.netcom.com >Subject: Welcome to the "MARINGENSOC" mailing list > >Welcome to the MARINGENSOC mailing list! > > Welcome to the MarinGenSoc mailing list! Please be sure to save >this >message for your future reference. > >This mailing list is established for those who are interested in >corresponding with, or learning about the activities of, the Marin >County [California]Genealogical Society. Activities of The Society >and meeting announcements will be posted to the list. > >All messages are archived and publicly viewable the world over. It is >not recommended that you post your address or telephone number to the >list. However, be aware that if your telephone number and address is >listed in the phone book or entered on any document, it likely is >already available online. When exchanging informaton to carpool, for >example, it is recommended to exchange phone numbers and locations via >private email. > >This is also a place for discussions of genealogy in general. Society >members on the list will have knowledge they can share regarding >genealogy in Marin County; however, queries that require record >look-ups are to be referred to the Society's research committee >members. Other appropriate topics are genealogically related humor >postings (we all need a break from the ancestor search!) and software >discussions. > >The Society's web site will be found at http://www.maringensoc.org Do >take a look to see what has been recently posted and also to check our >schedule of meetings and events. There is also a beginner's breakfast >held monthly to help new members and new researchers. Plan on joining >us! It is a good way to get to know others in the Society in a more >relaxed manner than there may be time for at the general meetings. > >Enjoy yourself! Be patient with those just learning, be it how to >post to the list or how to do genealogy. NO flames! If you have a >problem with someone on the list, send them a private post. If that >does not resolve your issue, send me a private message at my >listowner/administrator address: Maringensoc-admin@rootsweb.com >Remember you have free use of your delete key, use it as frequently as >needed for unwanted messages that you don't care to read! : ) > >This list is set to automatically send your reply to the entire list. >If you mean to reply ONLY to an individual, you will have to >proactively change the address to exclude the list address and to >include the individual's address. > >Do not send e-mail messages to this mailing list for which the topic >is inappropriate. > >If your purpose in joining this list is to sell products, unsubscribe >now. The listowner will not tolerate spam. > >If you are responding to a message posted earlier, please do not leave >the message attached. If you must quote the other message, please >keep it to the minimum amount of information to make your response >understood. Everyone that is subscribed to the list will have already >received a copy of the earlier message. > >Please check your subject line to be sure it is in agreement with the >topic of your post. This is especially helpful when a discussion >evolves through several generations of messages and no longer reflects >the original posting. > >Please turn off your HTML or RTF (rich text format)coding and any >automatic signature lines before posting to this list. Do not send >attachments (attached files) of any sort to this mailing list. This >includes URL shortcuts, v-cards, GEDCOM files, zipped files, and any >other type of attachment. Do not send graphics to this mailing list. >The server does not like them and your message will not post. > >Please keep signature lines to four lines or less. Do not include the >names you may be researching in your signature lines as it will result >in others getting a false positive result when searching on surnames. >When they come to your message they will find that it does not respond >to their query in any manner, except that you have listed the name. >This makes searching more time consuming and frustrating than it need >be. It also trains readers to ignore your messages as irrelevant. > >Under no circumstances is there to be posting of copyright protected >data, such as found on the CD ROM Rearch Disks published by the >various software companies, such as Broderbund or Palladium. If in >doubt, check the software agreement that came with your software. I >recognize this is usually done in a spirit of helpfulness, but I >cannot allow it to occur on this list. > >Do not cross-post messages to multiple mailing lists on the "To:" line >or the "Cc:" line of the e-mail message. > >Do not send messages that warn of viruses. Most are hoaxes. The folks >that send them out take advantage of people new to the internet to >spread their phoney messages. If you need to check to see if the >message you received is valid you can visit: > > * Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability at > <http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html> > > * Symantec Anti Virus Research Center at > <http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/index.html> > > * McAfee Associates Virus Hoax List at > <http://www.mcafee.com/support/hoax.html> > > * Dr. Solomons Hoax Page at > <http://www.drsolomons.com/vircen/hoax.html> > > * The Urban Legends Web Site at > <http://www.urbanlegends.com> > > * Urban Legends Reference Pages at > <http://www.snopes.com> > > * Datafellows Hoax Warnings at > <http://www.Europe.Datafellows.com/news/hoax.htm> > > >If you need assistance, contact me at this address: >maringensoc-admin@rootsweb.com > >Happy Trails, > >Lauren M. Boyd, FSA Scot >MarinGenSoc Listowner/Administrator >MarinGenSoc-admin@rootsweb.com > > > > >To post a message to this list, send your email to: > > MARINGENSOC@rootsweb.com > >Please note that all messages posted to this mailing list are also >added to the list archives on RootsWeb.com > >General information about the mailing list, including links to the >list archives, can be found at: > > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Genealogical_Societies/MarinGenSoc.html > > >To unsubscribe from the list, including the list digest, please send >an email to MARINGENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word >"unsubscribe" in the subject and the body of the email with no >additional text. > >Sincerely, > > The MARINGENSOC List Administrator > MARINGENSOC-admin@rootsweb.com