Cyndi: I'm afraid I'm the guilty party - I know better, sorry, sorry, sorry! I'm glad they got subscribed though! Norma Cyndi Howells wrote: > > 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