At 04:29 PM 10/10/98 -0700, you wrote: >subscribe > Hi all- As I'm sure you noticed, we just received at least 4 subscribe messages sent to the PSRoots mailing list address, rather than to the correct subscribe address. Since there were four of them all at once, I suspect that someone posted a message on another mailing list in which the instructions were incorrect. The nice thing about it is that the computer software program which runs the list was able to work around this and added four new subscribers anyway. However, I thought I'd go ahead and post the correct instructions here for future reference. To subscribe, send a NEW e-mail message to: PSRoots-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) OR PSRoots-D-request@rootsweb.com (for a digest of multiple messages) In the body include only one word: subscribe (Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command) Also, here's a quick reference about using any of the mailing lists at RootsWeb: 1. There are generally three different e-mail addresses for each mailing list: xxxxxx-L-request@rootsweb.com for subscribing to individual messages xxxxxx-D-request@rootsweb.com for subscribing to digest mode xxxxxx-L@rootsweb.com for sending messages to the list 2. Turn OFF your e-mail signature file when sending any messages to the addresses for the mailing lists. 3. Make sure your "return" or "reply to" e-mail address is correct in your e-mail software program's options fields. This is the address used by the software that sets up your subscriptions to mailing lists. 4. Remember to frequently empty your mailbox at your ISP or online service so that you don't miss anything sent to a mailing list of interest (full mailboxes cause messages to bounce/be returned). 5. When replying to messages on the list, remember to delete any unnecessary text in the message you are replying to - saves space in the message, in the archives and on everyone's hard drive or printed paper. 6. Send messages to *appropriate* mailing lists. In other words, make sure your message fits the topic for the list. Example: I'm seeing a lot of people sending general queries to lists like the NEW-GEN-URL which is actually for announcing new web sites. Good luck, Cyndi ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Cyndi Howells Puyallup, Washington PSRoots List Poohbah cyndihow@oz.net PSRoots-L Mailing List http://www.rootsweb.com/~watpcgs/psroots.htm To subscribe or unsubscribe from the list, send a NEW e-mail message to: PSRoots-L-request@rootsweb.com or PSRoots-D-request@rootsweb.com (for digest mode) with only one word in the body: subscribe or: unsubscribe