OK... After 3 weeks of inability to upload through my FTP program, my (ISP) Charter Communication has confirmed that they indeed have blocked port 21 from residential customers. To Whomever has the power of Rootsweb... Please inform us Charter customers what port we should input into our FTP programs so that we may upload to Rootsweb. Thank you. I look forward to a reply. Since I am on Digest mode, please e-mail me directly or it may be several days before I hear back. Janelle Martin [email protected] IAGenWeb County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~iahamilt

Thanks for your response Pat. I must still be doing something incorrect. I am still getting the following when I select submit: To: webmaster From: @66.186.93.127 Reply-to: [email protected] Subject: Web mail via the mailmerge gateway X-mail-agent: mailmerge v1.1 On Tue Dec 12 07:07:49 2006, the following message was submitted via the mailmerge server running on [email protected] (Nobody): NAME: ADDRESS: @66.186.93.127 MESSAGE TEXT: -----Original Message----- From: Pat Asher <[email protected]> To: [email protected], [email protected] Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:47:45 -0500 Subject: Re: Mail Merge Problems > At 10:12 AM 12/11/2006, Laurie Lovelace wrote: > >wondering if anyone can help me with my mail merge problem. I > >haven't tried this before and have tried to follow the instructions > >on Pat Asher's website. I have browsed the archives on Rootsweb-Help > >but can't seem to find out where I'm going wrong. Thanks Laurie The > >form is located at http://www.rootsweb.com/~onmanito/bmd/index.html > >The template is located at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~onmanito/bmd/template.txt > > Laurie, > > Your template is located in the /bmd subdirectory. > > Your form action tag tells MailMerge to look for the template in your > root directory. > > Change the form action tag to direct MM to the actual location of the > template, e.g. > > form > action="/cgi-bin/local/mailmerge.cgi/home0023/onmanito/public_html/bmd/ > template.txt" > > > Pat > >

At 10:12 AM 12/11/2006, Laurie Lovelace wrote: >wondering if anyone can help me with my mail merge problem. I >haven't tried this before and have tried to follow the instructions >on Pat Asher's website. I have browsed the archives on Rootsweb-Help >but can't seem to find out where I'm going wrong. Thanks Laurie The >form is located at http://www.rootsweb.com/~onmanito/bmd/index.html >The template is located at http://www.rootsweb.com/~onmanito/bmd/template.txt Laurie, Your template is located in the /bmd subdirectory. Your form action tag tells MailMerge to look for the template in your root directory. Change the form action tag to direct MM to the actual location of the template, e.g. form action="/cgi-bin/local/mailmerge.cgi/home0023/onmanito/public_html/bmd/template.txt" Pat

I'm wondering if anyone can help me with my mail merge problem. I haven't tried this before and have tried to follow the instructions on Pat Asher's website. I have browsed the archives on Rootsweb-Help but can't seem to find out where I'm going wrong. Thanks Laurie The form is located at http://www.rootsweb.com/~onmanito/bmd/index.html The template is located at http://www.rootsweb.com/~onmanito/bmd/template.txt the form looks like this: <table border="4" width="90%" cellspacing="0"><tr><td> <form action="/cgi- bin/local/mailmerge.cgi/onmanito/public_html/template.txt" METHOD=POST enctype="application/x-www.form-urlencoded"> <INPUT TYPE=hidden name="mgr_name" value="Laurie Lovelace"> <INPUT TYPE=hidden name="mgr_email" value="[email protected]"> <div align="center"> <p align="left"><strong>* Required – Your submission will not be posted if any of these fields are left blank. </strong></p> <table border="0" width="85%" cellspacing="1"> <tr valign="middle"> <td width="26%" height="35"> * Submission Type </td> <td width="33%" height="35"><select name="Type" id="select"> <option value="" selected>Please select</option> <option value="Birth">Birth</option> <option value="Death">Death</option> <option value="Marriage">Marriage</option> </select></td> <td width="41%" height="35">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr valign="middle"> <td height="35"> * Surname</td> <td height="35"><input name="Surname" type="text" id="Surname" size="40"><br>eg. Collins </td> </tr> <tr valign="middle"> <td height="35"> First name</td> <td height="35"><input name="FirstName0" type="text" id="FirstName02" size="40"><br>eg. Stanley</td> </tr> <tr valign="middle"> <td height="35"> Father's name</td> <td height="35"><input name="Father" type="text" id="Father2" size="40"><br>eg. Raymond Collins</td> </tr> <tr valign="middle"> <td height="35"> Mother's name <br> </td> <td height="35"><input name="Mother" type="text" id="Mother2" size="40"><br>eg. Elizabeth Brown</td> </tr> <tr valign="middle"> <td height="35"><p> * Bride (groom) <br> </p></td> <td height="35"><input name="BrideGroom" type="text" id="BrideGroom2" size="40"><br>eg. Jane Smith</td> </tr> <tr valign="middle"> <td height="35"><font size="-1">* </font>Date (08 Aug 1876) </td> <td height="35"><select name="Day" id="select2"> <option selected>Day</option> <option>01</option> <option>02</option> <option>03</option> <option>04</option> <option>05</option> <option>06</option> <option>07</option> <option>08</option> <option>09</option> <option>10</option> <option>11</option> <option>12</option> <option>13</option> <option>14</option> <option>15</option> <option>16</option> <option>17</option> <option>18</option> <option>19</option> <option>20</option> <option>21</option> <option>22</option> <option>23</option> <option>24</option> <option>25</option> <option>26</option> <option>27</option> <option>28</option> <option>29</option> <option>30</option> <option>31</option> </select> &nbsp; <select name="Month" id="select3"> <option selected>Month</option> <option value="01">Jan</option> <option value="02">Feb</option> <option value="03">Mar</option> <option value="04">Apr</option> <option value="05">May</option> <option value="06">Jun</option> <option value="07">Jul</option> <option value="08">Aug</option> <option value="09">Sep</option> <option value="10">Oct</option> <option value="11">Nov</option> <option value="12">Dec</option> </select> &nbsp; <input name="Year" type="text" id="Year2" size="4" value="Year"> </td> <td height="35"><strong>Required information</strong></td> </tr> <tr valign="middle"> <td height="35">* TownTownship</td> <td height="35"><select name="County" id="select4"> <option selected>Please select </option> <option>Allan </option> <option>Assiginack </option> <option>Barrie Island </option> <option>Bidwell </option> <option>Billings </option> <option>Burpee/Mills </option> <option>Campbell </option> <option>Carnarvon </option> <option>Central Manitoulin </option> <option>Cockburn Island </option> <option>Dawson </option> <option>Gordon </option> <option>Howland </option> <option>Little Current </option> <option>Manitowaning</option> <option>Meldrum Bay </option> <option>Robinson </option> <option>NEMI </option> <option>Sandfield </option> <option>Sheguiandah </option> <option>Tehkummah </option> <option>Wikwemikong </option> <option>Other </option> </select></td> <td height="35">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr valign="middle"> <td height="35"> * Other Town Township (specify) <br> </td> <td height="35"><input name="OtherTownTownship" type="text" id="OtherTownTownship2" size="40"><br>eg. Sault Ste. Marie</td> </tr> <tr valign="middle"> <td height="35">* Your name </td> <td height="35"><input name="YourName" type="text" id="YourName2" size="40"></td> <td height="35">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr valign="middle"> <td height="35">* Your email </td> <td height="35"><input name="YourEmail" type="text" id="YourEmail2" size="40"></td> <td height="35">&nbsp;</td> </tr> </table> </div> <p align="left">Note: Once you have checked your entry press the submit button and your submission will be recorded. <strong>Ensure date field is completed.</strong></p> <p align="center"> <INPUT TYPE="reset" VALUE="Clear Form"> <INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Submit"> </p> </form> </td></tr></table></td></tr></table> the template looks like this: # template: template.txt ACTION=mail MULTIVALUE_FORMAT=BRACES ESCAPE_HTML=0 SUBJECT=Manitoulin BMD ################################################################# [email protected] WORDWRAP=72 TITLE=Submission has been sent. AUTHOR=Laurie Lovelace ADDRESS=<A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~onmanito/index.html">RETURN to Manitoulin Genealogy Home Page</a> . MAIL_HEADER= #To: @[email protected] To: [email protected] From: @[email protected] Reply-to: @[email protected] Subject: @[email protected] X-mail-agent: mailmerge v1.0 X-form-location: @[email protected] . OUTPUT_FORM= @[email protected], < @[email protected] > has sent the following submission: @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] .

Hello All, I am told that the new Internet Explorer 7.0 is having problems with FTP connections. This came from a software engineer who is also working in computer security. If the problem persists, try the free download of either the Mozilla Firefox browser or the Opera browser and attempt to make your connection through them. Fran in MN

Hi Les, I am having no problem with my FTP - I was just trying to answer your problem! Please check your settings in WS_FTP under the startup tab to ensure your Roostweb web-site location is located correctly (Initial Remote Host Directory). You can also try this: Open a command prompt window: Start > Run - then type in CMD then press OK In the window that opens up type in: ftp <then your web-site address> (probably something like www.rootsweb.com - but there's variations - like freepages.. and homepages.. - depending on how and when you joined). It should prompt you for: User (....): That should be whatever is in your userid field in WS_FTP. Then it should prompt for a password - and I assume you have that! (I had to dig deep into my e-mails to find mine) Type that in - IT IS CASE-SENSITIVE! Now assuming you have gotten this far: ftp> - type in pwd ftp> pwd - this should respond with your "present working directory" in the form 257 /uxx/directory/yoursite - whatever it is - that is what you need to put in the WS_FTP "initial directory" field (ignore the 257). Hope that is clear ;) John >>Message: 4 >>Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 00:26:55 -0500 >>From: Lesley Shockey <[email protected]> >>Subject: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] FTP - no connection to Rootsweb >>To: [email protected] >>Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed >> >>The problem you are having with FTP - no connection to Rootsweb >>sounds very similar to the problem that I am having with two of my >>pages. However my WS_FTP does connect but I get a message in the >>lower display that says "retrieval of directory listing failed" each >>time I try connecting. The remote directory therefore remains >>blank. This is happening on my Jackson County WVGenWeb page and also >>my Shockey Family page. The same software is working fine with my >>WVGenWeb state page access so I believe that the problem is somewhere >>with the RootsWeb server. >> >>Les Shockey > -- John Gibson Chalmers - [email protected] Homepages ... http://www.dgnscrn.demon.co.uk/ and ... http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~chalmers/

Hello John, Thank you very much. This was indeed the problem. As many times as I had looked at the FTP accounts that were working and those that would not, I overlooked that passive box every time. I do not know how or what made the change as this past month was the first time that these accounts did not work as they always had. My firewall settings were not supposed to have changed during the last upgrade and everything looks the same to my poor tired old eyes and I am sure that I had not made changes to my WS_FTP configuration. Les At 08:37 AM 12/5/2006, you wrote: >This appears to be a local firewall preventing WS_FTP from opening >a second (data) channel. You need to use Passive mode. > >In Session Properties => Advanced tab, check the Passive transfers box >and see if that helps. West Virginia genealogy page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvgenweb/ Jackson County genealogy page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvjackso/JACK.HTM

That will work - for a time. As the harvesters get more sophisticated, they'll look for that code. Those numbers are nothing more than the ASCII decimal values of the letters. Riddler needs to come up with something that will be encrypted. Or, scrambles each individual's address randomly where the only key to the sequence is on the Riddler server. John Slaughter In loving memory of our son, Brennan. 11/10/88-5/31/01. http://john-slaughter.rootsweb.com/Brennan.html MA-Bay-Colony list moderator USGenWeb County Coordinator Essex County, MA - http://www.rootsweb.com/~maessex Middlesex County, MA - http://www.rootsweb.com/~mamiddle USGenWeb Town Coordinator Ipswich, Essex, MA - http://www.rootsweb.com/~macipswi >From: "Debbie Owen" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] ROOTSWEB-HELP Digest, Vol 1, Issue 11 >Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 09:04:57 -0600 > >Hi Everyone, > >I just found an online tool to help us keep our own email addresses from >being taken from our websites by spammers. Here is a description of the >tool: > >Email Riddler is an online tool that encrypts and transform your email >address into a series of numbers when displaying it, making it virtually >impossible for spam harvesters to crawl and add your email to their >list. > >I have tried it on several on my websites. Here is one that is using it. > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcbonse/ > >Scroll all the way to the bottom to see it. View the source and you >will see my address is nowhere to be found. ~Debbie > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe [email protected] from the list, please send an >email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Get free, personalized commercial-free online radio with MSN Radio powered by Pandora http://radio.msn.com/?icid=T002MSN03A07001

On Mon, 04 Dec 2006, Lesley Shockey <[email protected]> wrote: > > ... My password is being accepted for the county > account but I then get: > "425 Can't build a data connection: Connection refused > ! retrieval of directory listing failed (0)" This appears to be a local firewall preventing WS_FTP from opening a second (data) channel. You need to use Passive mode. In Session Properties => Advanced tab, check the Passive transfers box and see if that helps. John

Hi John, If Rootsweb Helpdesk will not answer, how will one find out if they changed the location of the remote site. All the years that Dr. B maintained it, if he was making a change, he made people aware of it in advance and then with a follow up once the change was made. My sites were among the very first that Rootsweb started hosting and the only changes in the settings of my FTP program were the ones that he made me aware of. My password is being accepted for the county account but I then get: "425 Can't build a data connection: Connection refused ! retrieval of directory listing failed (0)" Any suggestions? Les At 10:45 PM 12/4/2006, you wrote: >In message <[email protected]>, >[email protected] writes > > >HI Les, > >Sounds like you need to check your settings in WS_FTP. You probably >have a setting for "initial remote host directory" (under the startup >tab). It's possible rootsweb have changed the location of you web-site >to another disk or directory location - and so you're getting an error >message. Once you are connected you should see your initial "remote" >location on the "Remote System" field top right - which you then need to >apply to your own "initial remote host directory" under the startup tab! > >John > > > >Message: 4 > >Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 00:26:55 -0500 > >From: Lesley Shockey <[email protected]> > >Subject: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] FTP - no connection to Rootsweb > >To: [email protected] > >Message-ID: <[email protected]> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > > >The problem you are having with FTP - no connection to Rootsweb > >sounds very similar to the problem that I am having with two of my > >pages. However my WS_FTP does connect but I get a message in the > >lower display that says "retrieval of directory listing failed" each > >time I try connecting. The remote directory therefore remains > >blank. This is happening on my Jackson County WVGenWeb page and also > >my Shockey Family page. The same software is working fine with my > >WVGenWeb state page access so I believe that the problem is somewhere > >with the RootsWeb server. > > > >Les Shockey > >-- >John Gibson Chalmers - [email protected] >Homepages ... http://www.dgnscrn.demon.co.uk/ >and ... http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~chalmers/ > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.430 / Virus Database: 268.15.6/566 - Release Date: >12/3/2006 4:36 PM West Virginia genealogy page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvgenweb/ Jackson County genealogy page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvjackso/JACK.HTM

In message <[email protected]>, [email protected] writes HI Les, Sounds like you need to check your settings in WS_FTP. You probably have a setting for "initial remote host directory" (under the startup tab). It's possible rootsweb have changed the location of you web-site to another disk or directory location - and so you're getting an error message. Once you are connected you should see your initial "remote" location on the "Remote System" field top right - which you then need to apply to your own "initial remote host directory" under the startup tab! John >Message: 4 >Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 00:26:55 -0500 >From: Lesley Shockey <[email protected]> >Subject: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] FTP - no connection to Rootsweb >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > >The problem you are having with FTP - no connection to Rootsweb >sounds very similar to the problem that I am having with two of my >pages. However my WS_FTP does connect but I get a message in the >lower display that says "retrieval of directory listing failed" each >time I try connecting. The remote directory therefore remains >blank. This is happening on my Jackson County WVGenWeb page and also >my Shockey Family page. The same software is working fine with my >WVGenWeb state page access so I believe that the problem is somewhere >with the RootsWeb server. > >Les Shockey -- John Gibson Chalmers - [email protected] Homepages ... http://www.dgnscrn.demon.co.uk/ and ... http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~chalmers/

In a message dated 12/4/2006 10:38:40 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I have run into a problem I don't know how to fix. The tools pages on lists3 are returning this error message and it has been reported so they are aware of it. Also, list admin questions are best suited for the listowners list: [email protected] as this list is for issues related to webmaster issues. Joan

At 10:04 AM 12/4/2006, you wrote: >I just found an online tool to help us keep our own email addresses from >being taken from our websites by spammers. Here is a description of the >tool: > >Email Riddler is an online tool that encrypts and transform your email >address into a series of numbers when displaying it, making it virtually >impossible for spam harvesters to crawl and add your email to their >list. > >I have tried it on several on my websites. Here is one that is using it. Want to check you r page to see if the spam bots can read your email addys? Try this http://willmaster.com/possibilities/demo/RetrieveEmails.cgi Another way of hiding your email addy http://blog.family-genealogy-online.com/2006/01/01/encoding-your-e-mail-address/ pat ____________ Pat Geary http://www.family-genealogy-online.com/ http://www.genealogy-web-creations.com/ http://www.blog.family-genealogy-online.com/

Re: FTP- no connection to Rootsweb Thank you for the responses to my ftp connection problem. Norton firewall and Microsoft firewalls have been checked. They are OK. Ping test as well as Telnet port test has been performed by the techs. No connection. I have been assured by the Ipswitch tech that they were able to connect to Rootsweb, but they couldn't figure out why I was not able to connect with all my settings being correct. Yesterday my cable internet connection went down. Before that, the cable company told me 3-4 times that the connection was fine. Now, I have intermittant internet access and was finally told by the cable co. that there is definately a cable problem. Because I am going to be away this week, I can't get a cable man out until Friday to find the problem. Thank you again for trying to help me. I sure do appreciate hearing from each of you. My fingers will be crossed all week... Janelle Martin, Hamilton Co., IAGenWeb Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~iahamilt ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 10:02 PM Subject: ROOTSWEB-HELP Digest, Vol 1, Issue 11 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: FTP - no connection to Rootsweb > ([email protected]) (John Gibson Chalmers) > 2. Re: FTP - no connection to Rootsweb > ([email protected]) ([email protected]) > 3. Re: FTP - no connection to Rootsweb > ([email protected]) (Patricia Geary) > 4. FTP - no connection to Rootsweb (Lesley Shockey) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 10:20:32 -0600 > From: John Gibson Chalmers <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] FTP - no connection to Rootsweb > ([email protected]) > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed > > In message <[email protected]>, > [email protected] writes > > Hi Jannelle, > > > Here's a couple of things you can try to test things out. > > 1. - ping > > open a command prompt > Start > Run then type in CMD > > - at the prompt type in ping www.rootsweb.com > > - and see if you get a response - I suspect you will. > > > 2. - FTP NORMALLY uses TCP port 21 (check that you ftp software is > using that port) > > - so again at the command prompt type in telnet www.rootsweb.com 21 > > Your command prompt SHOULD stick - you may have to close the window > completely! If it does not stick then my guess is that your firewall is > preventing traffic on TCP port 21, and you'll need to set your firewall > to allow it through - both outgoing an incoming, and you may be able to > limit that just to the rootsweb site, depending on your firewall > software. > > 3. - If that all works out > > - again at the command prompt type in ftp www.rootsweb.com > > This should come back with: > > Connected to www.rootsweb.com - and prompt you for a username and then a > password. > > > John > > > >> >> >>Today's Topics: >> >> 1. FTP - no connection to Rootsweb ([email protected]) >> >>My problem continues. I spent 10 hours today online with technical >>support - WS_FTP (Ipswitch), Linksys, Charter, Microsoft, Dell. >>I've got a new modem last Saturday and my problems with a lack of ftp >>connection began then. I've spent the last six days on my computer >>trying to figure it out. Tonight I took the Linksys modem back and >>bought another Motorola like I had. It hasn't helped. They have assured >>me the modem is not at fault, yet...... I am still unable to get a >>connection to users.rootsweb.com. The Remote (internet side) of my FTP >>program remains BLANK. >>One of my four websites is iahamilt. I have both WS_FTP LE as well as >>the new WS_FTP Home installed and neither will connect my ftp program >>to Rootsweb. >> >>My ISP (Charter cable) assures me that my connections and second new >>modem are fine; my internet access is good, yet I continue to get the >>ftp Connection Error: "Error reading response from server. Connection >>closed by Remote Host" which is Rootsweb. >>My firewalls, security devices are all in order. 3 techs looked into >>the guts of my computer in excruciating detail. >> >>Something is blocking my connection and I have been assured by my ISP >>that they are not. Ipswitch was able to connect to Rootsweb this >>morning. >> >>Is anyone else having (or had) any problems connecting to Rootsweb? >> >>Thank you for any light you may be able to send my way. >>Janelle Martin, IAGenWeb County Coordinator >>http://www.rootsweb.com/~iahamilt >> >> > > -- > John Gibson Chalmers - [email protected] > Homepages ... http://www.dgnscrn.demon.co.uk/ > and ... http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~chalmers/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 11:29:10 EST > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] FTP - no connection to Rootsweb > ([email protected]) > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > > In a message dated 12/3/2006 11:23:08 AM Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > 1. - ping > > open a command prompt > Start > Run then type in CMD > > - at the prompt type in ping www.rootsweb.com > > > > > I haven't tried this--perhaps I should before replying--but the last time > I > checked RootsWeb and Ancestry's servers were not accepting pings. > > Joan > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 16:23:43 -0500 > From: Patricia Geary <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] FTP - no connection to Rootsweb > ([email protected]) > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]phia.net> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > At 11:29 AM 12/3/2006, [email protected] wrote: >>I haven't tried this--perhaps I should before replying--but the last time >>I >>checked RootsWeb and Ancestry's servers were not accepting pings. > > > I did. You are correct - get message timed out. > > pat > > > ____________ > Pat Geary > http://www.family-genealogy-online.com/ > http://www.genealogy-web-creations.com/ > http://www.blog.family-genealogy-online.com/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 00:26:55 -0500 > From: Lesley Shockey <[email protected]> > Subject: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] FTP - no connection to Rootsweb > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > The problem you are having with FTP - no connection to Rootsweb > sounds very similar to the problem that I am having with two of my > pages. However my WS_FTP does connect but I get a message in the > lower display that says "retrieval of directory listing failed" each > time I try connecting. The remote directory therefore remains > blank. This is happening on my Jackson County WVGenWeb page and also > my Shockey Family page. The same software is working fine with my > WVGenWeb state page access so I believe that the problem is somewhere > with the RootsWeb server. > > Les Shockey > > West Virginia genealogy page: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvgenweb/ > Jackson County genealogy page: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvjackso/JACK.HTM > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the ROOTSWEB-HELP list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the ROOTSWEB-HELP mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of ROOTSWEB-HELP Digest, Vol 1, Issue 11 > ******************************************** >

Hi Everyone, I just found an online tool to help us keep our own email addresses from being taken from our websites by spammers. Here is a description of the tool: Email Riddler is an online tool that encrypts and transform your email address into a series of numbers when displaying it, making it virtually impossible for spam harvesters to crawl and add your email to their list. I have tried it on several on my websites. Here is one that is using it. http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcbonse/ Scroll all the way to the bottom to see it. View the source and you will see my address is nowhere to be found. ~Debbie

No I have not tried setting up a new connection but will give it a try today. Thanks Sherri. Les At 04:58 AM 12/4/2006, you wrote: >Have you tried setting up a new connection to one of the sites that you're >having problems with? West Virginia genealogy page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvgenweb/ Jackson County genealogy page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvjackso/JACK.HTM

I have run into a problem I don't know how to fix. Everytime I try to administer my mailing list or post an email to the mailing list I keep getting this message with my emails bounced: Bug in Mailman version 2.1.7 We're sorry, we hit a bug! Please inform the webmaster for this site of this problem. Printing of traceback and other system information has been explicitly inhibited, but the webmaster can find this information in the Mailman error logs. Does anyone know what this is? If so please email me at [email protected] as I am subscribed in digest mode it may take a few days for me to get your answer and I need it as fast as possible. Thanks Della Goodin [email protected] wrote: Today's Topics: 1. Re: FTP - no connection to Rootsweb ([email protected]) (John Gibson Chalmers) 2. Re: FTP - no connection to Rootsweb ([email protected]) ([email protected]) 3. Re: FTP - no connection to Rootsweb ([email protected]) (Patricia Geary) 4. FTP - no connection to Rootsweb (Lesley Shockey) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 10:20:32 -0600 From: John Gibson Chalmers Subject: Re: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] FTP - no connection to Rootsweb ([email protected]) To: [email protected] Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed In message , [email protected] writes Hi Jannelle, Here's a couple of things you can try to test things out. 1. - ping open a command prompt Start > Run then type in CMD - at the prompt type in ping www.rootsweb.com - and see if you get a response - I suspect you will. 2. - FTP NORMALLY uses TCP port 21 (check that you ftp software is using that port) - so again at the command prompt type in telnet www.rootsweb.com 21 Your command prompt SHOULD stick - you may have to close the window completely! If it does not stick then my guess is that your firewall is preventing traffic on TCP port 21, and you'll need to set your firewall to allow it through - both outgoing an incoming, and you may be able to limit that just to the rootsweb site, depending on your firewall software. 3. - If that all works out - again at the command prompt type in ftp www.rootsweb.com This should come back with: Connected to www.rootsweb.com - and prompt you for a username and then a password. John > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. FTP - no connection to Rootsweb ([email protected]) > >My problem continues. I spent 10 hours today online with technical >support - WS_FTP (Ipswitch), Linksys, Charter, Microsoft, Dell. >I've got a new modem last Saturday and my problems with a lack of ftp >connection began then. I've spent the last six days on my computer >trying to figure it out. Tonight I took the Linksys modem back and >bought another Motorola like I had. It hasn't helped. They have assured >me the modem is not at fault, yet...... I am still unable to get a >connection to users.rootsweb.com. The Remote (internet side) of my FTP >program remains BLANK. >One of my four websites is iahamilt. I have both WS_FTP LE as well as >the new WS_FTP Home installed and neither will connect my ftp program >to Rootsweb. > >My ISP (Charter cable) assures me that my connections and second new >modem are fine; my internet access is good, yet I continue to get the >ftp Connection Error: "Error reading response from server. Connection >closed by Remote Host" which is Rootsweb. >My firewalls, security devices are all in order. 3 techs looked into >the guts of my computer in excruciating detail. > >Something is blocking my connection and I have been assured by my ISP >that they are not. Ipswitch was able to connect to Rootsweb this >morning. > >Is anyone else having (or had) any problems connecting to Rootsweb? > >Thank you for any light you may be able to send my way. >Janelle Martin, IAGenWeb County Coordinator >http://www.rootsweb.com/~iahamilt > > -- John Gibson Chalmers - [email protected] Homepages ... http://www.dgnscrn.demon.co.uk/ and ... http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~chalmers/ ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 11:29:10 EST From: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] FTP - no connection to Rootsweb ([email protected]) To: [email protected] Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" In a message dated 12/3/2006 11:23:08 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: 1. - ping open a command prompt Start > Run then type in CMD - at the prompt type in ping www.rootsweb.com I haven't tried this--perhaps I should before replying--but the last time I checked RootsWeb and Ancestry's servers were not accepting pings. Joan ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 16:23:43 -0500 From: Patricia Geary Subject: Re: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] FTP - no connection to Rootsweb ([email protected]) To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]phia.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed At 11:29 AM 12/3/2006, [email protected] wrote: >I haven't tried this--perhaps I should before replying--but the last time I >checked RootsWeb and Ancestry's servers were not accepting pings. I did. You are correct - get message timed out. pat ____________ Pat Geary http://www.family-genealogy-online.com/ http://www.genealogy-web-creations.com/ http://www.blog.family-genealogy-online.com/ ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 00:26:55 -0500 From: Lesley Shockey Subject: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] FTP - no connection to Rootsweb To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed The problem you are having with FTP - no connection to Rootsweb sounds very similar to the problem that I am having with two of my pages. However my WS_FTP does connect but I get a message in the lower display that says "retrieval of directory listing failed" each time I try connecting. The remote directory therefore remains blank. This is happening on my Jackson County WVGenWeb page and also my Shockey Family page. The same software is working fine with my WVGenWeb state page access so I believe that the problem is somewhere with the RootsWeb server. Les Shockey West Virginia genealogy page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvgenweb/ Jackson County genealogy page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvjackso/JACK.HTM ------------------------------ To contact the ROOTSWEB-HELP list administrator, send an email to [email protected] To post a message to the ROOTSWEB-HELP mailing list, send an email to [email protected] __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. 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Les, Have you tried setting up a new connection to one of the sites that you're having problems with? I've run into this same thing a couple of times, knew I'd made no changes to the saved ftp site, but couldn't connect for anything. Setting up a new connection, with the same software or a different one, solved the problem. To this day, I've never figured out why the original connections all of a sudden didn't work, I just thanked my lucky stars that the new ones did. Sherri -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lesley Shockey Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 12:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] FTP - no connection to Rootsweb The problem you are having with FTP - no connection to Rootsweb sounds very similar to the problem that I am having with two of my pages. However my WS_FTP does connect but I get a message in the lower display that says "retrieval of directory listing failed" each time I try connecting. The remote directory therefore remains blank. This is happening on my Jackson County WVGenWeb page and also my Shockey Family page. The same software is working fine with my WVGenWeb state page access so I believe that the problem is somewhere with the RootsWeb server. Les Shockey West Virginia genealogy page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvgenweb/ Jackson County genealogy page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvjackso/JACK.HTM ------------------------------- To unsubscribe [email protected] from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The problem you are having with FTP - no connection to Rootsweb sounds very similar to the problem that I am having with two of my pages. However my WS_FTP does connect but I get a message in the lower display that says "retrieval of directory listing failed" each time I try connecting. The remote directory therefore remains blank. This is happening on my Jackson County WVGenWeb page and also my Shockey Family page. The same software is working fine with my WVGenWeb state page access so I believe that the problem is somewhere with the RootsWeb server. Les Shockey West Virginia genealogy page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvgenweb/ Jackson County genealogy page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvjackso/JACK.HTM

At 11:29 AM 12/3/2006, [email protected] wrote: >I haven't tried this--perhaps I should before replying--but the last time I >checked RootsWeb and Ancestry's servers were not accepting pings. I did. You are correct - get message timed out. pat ____________ Pat Geary http://www.family-genealogy-online.com/ http://www.genealogy-web-creations.com/ http://www.blog.family-genealogy-online.com/