ATTENTION THOSE OF YOU USING MSN AS YOUR ISP Evidently MSN has dropped the routing  from Rootsweb, Ancestry and maybe others. If you want to continue getting their listserv messages you had better get a temporary free ISP. See below: Craig Excerpts from a message posted to the Listowner's List > from Andrew, who is the mail server expert at > Rootsweb: > > " ... it seems that MSN has dropped the mail routing > from RootsWeb so that their mail server doesn't even > acknowledge our existence. It is MSN's right to accept > mail from whomever they wish, so while I can accept > the decision on a theoretical administrative level, I > am totally bemused by their decision to block > RootsWeb. > > What I don't accept is their methodology (deliberate > or by lack of systems) to misinform MSN users about > the issue being RootsWeb's to resolve.   They must have > server logs which they have not consulted to see why > mail is not being accepted from RootsWeb.   They have > not contacted RootsWeb on behalf of their customers to > seek a resolution, they have given their customers a > variety of answers about what they to be the problem. > None of these I feel reflect reality. > > Please address the issue to postmaster@msn.com or > whatever alternate means is available for you to get > issues resolved." > > If you are a paying customer of MSN you should DEMAND, > if necessary in an ugly, threatening manner to have > this resolved immediately. Their terms of service to > you as a paying customer are being violated. > > I would suggest however that you get an alternate > e-mail address with one of the freebie e-mail servers > for those times when MSN decides to block e-mail. Or > drop them entirely and go to another ISP that doesn't > wholesale block Rootsweb and refuse to cooperate We > have this problem with them constantly, they resolve > it for a short time and then start up again. > > You might want to go to Password Central and see which > lists you are still on -- you know that after 3/4 > bounces you'll be removed from a List. > http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/ > > If you want to check in with a listowner you can > always e-mail them at xxx-admin@rootsweb.com xxx=name > of list (i.e., baltgen-admin@rootsweb.com