At 10:48 PM 11/27/2001 EST, JYoung6180@aol.com wrote: >In a message dated 11/27/01 10:00:17 PM Eastern Standard Time, >kaylorma@one-eleven.net writes: > >> Is it possible for a virus to be passed through RW Mailing Lists? Seems I >> remember that wasn't possible, but here it pops up again. I am referring >> to the new one going around,..W32-Badtrans. Seems subscribers on the >Lists >> think so and it is a subject of conversation on a couple of them. Would >> like a professional opinion so I can pass it on. >> >Mary Ann- > >No. The virus is replying to UNANSWERED mail on the infected person's >computer. That can include a LOT of list mail they may have received and >saved--but the virus is NOT coming from the RootsWeb lists. I received one >virus attachment yesterday in reply to a message I posted on a list I >unsubbed from over 2 years ago. I've gotten a potload of 'em this past week too -- most have a SUBJ: that's an RW mail-list, but they're *all* private e-mail, not list-mail. Cheryl *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* Cheryl Singhal (Singhals@erols.com) http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cpafug/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvhampsh/ http://www.capaccess.org/com/troop763/ http://www.fortunecity.com/millennium/blyton/772/ (Bottony Cross DAR) http://www.rootsweb.com/~cresap/ http://members.fortunecity.com/csinghal1/ (Joanna Waddill UDC)

In a message dated 11/27/01 10:00:17 PM Eastern Standard Time, kaylorma@one-eleven.net writes: > Is it possible for a virus to be passed through RW Mailing Lists? Seems I > remember that wasn't possible, but here it pops up again. I am referring > to the new one going around,..W32-Badtrans. Seems subscribers on the Lists > think so and it is a subject of conversation on a couple of them. Would > like a professional opinion so I can pass it on. > Mary Ann- No. The virus is replying to UNANSWERED mail on the infected person's computer. That can include a LOT of list mail they may have received and saved--but the virus is NOT coming from the RootsWeb lists. I received one virus attachment yesterday in reply to a message I posted on a list I unsubbed from over 2 years ago. Joan

Mary Ann, I'm not a "professional", but I can tell you that it's definitely being circulated among the various RW Mailing Lists. I've gotten it in at least 4 times this evening alone. They were sent to me (unknowingly, I'm sure) by various subscribers to the Washington County, MO mailing list to which I subscribe. In fact, I've probably gotten this Badtrans virus in at least 25 times in the last two days plus a few others of different types from subscribers of various other mailing lists to which I subscribe. Thankfully, my Norton's is updated and always manages to catch it and quarantine it before it does any damage. B. Warner ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Ann Kaylor" <kaylorma@one-eleven.net> To: <RootsWeb-Help-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 8:53 PM Subject: [RW-Help] Virus on RW Lists? > Is it possible for a virus to be passed through RW Mailing Lists? Seems I > remember that wasn't possible, but here it pops up again. I am referring > to the new one going around,..W32-Badtrans. Seems subscribers on the Lists > think so and it is a subject of conversation on a couple of them. Would > like a professional opinion so I can pass it on. > > Mary Ann > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > > >

I received e-mail from a usually-good-natured frequent visitor about the message boards at Ancestry. I thought he was crazy, so I went to prove him wrong. Ooops. He's right. On the Hampshire and Hardy county WV boards, and on the Kuykendall and Tobias surname boards, AND on the D A R's board -- click Print This Message, and then click File/print and what you saw isn't what you get. It loses two or three words on each line. In one case, that meant I picked up part of name A and part of name B and if I hadn't already KNOWN from my personal files what those two names _were_ I could have gone very far astray. Now, I've got some print-offs from last month and the one before that are *correct*. Today's batch isn't/wasn't. I *can* get the entire message using SaveAs and going through all the pain of deleting the formatting, but that, as we all know, doesn't leave me the e-dress of the poster. So, would some of you go check a board or two and see if it's doing it to you, or is it just something that happened to match in his config and mine? (I successfully printed other documents off the same computer and using the same printer both before and after this experiment, so I don't *think* it's my printer settings). Cheryl *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* Cheryl Singhal (Singhals@erols.com) http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cpafug/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvhampsh/ http://www.capaccess.org/com/troop763/ http://www.fortunecity.com/millennium/blyton/772/ (Bottony Cross DAR) http://www.rootsweb.com/~cresap/ http://members.fortunecity.com/csinghal1/ (Joanna Waddill UDC)

Is it possible for a virus to be passed through RW Mailing Lists? Seems I remember that wasn't possible, but here it pops up again. I am referring to the new one going around,..W32-Badtrans. Seems subscribers on the Lists think so and it is a subject of conversation on a couple of them. Would like a professional opinion so I can pass it on. Mary Ann

I checked my boards and got same result the original message: I'm looking for information on my grandfather, James Ambrose HANCOCK (b. abt. 1889 in Brooklyn, NY). He married my Grandmother, Delia Dewey DEMPSEY (b.17 Jun 1898 in Granite, Oregon) 5 Aug 1917 in Baker, Oregon at the ME Parsonage. the printed out: I'm looking for information on my grandfather, James Ambrose HANCOCK (b. abt. 1889 in Brooklyn, NY). Grandmother, Delia Dewey DEMPSEY (b.17 Jun 1898 in Granite, Oregon) 5 Aug 1917 in Baker, Oregon Parsonage. a total of 6 words disappeared. That is a serious bug that needs to be reported immediately to the staff for immediate bug repair. W. David Samuelsen singhals wrote: > > I received e-mail from a usually-good-natured frequent visitor about the > message boards at Ancestry. I thought he was crazy, so I went to prove him > wrong. > > Ooops. He's right. > > On the Hampshire and Hardy county WV boards, and on the Kuykendall and > Tobias surname boards, AND on the D A R's board -- click Print This > Message, and then click File/print and what you saw isn't what you get. It > loses two or three words on each line. In one case, that meant I picked up > part of name A and part of name B and if I hadn't already KNOWN from my > personal files what those two names _were_ I could have gone very far astray. > > Now, I've got some print-offs from last month and the one before that are > *correct*. Today's batch isn't/wasn't. > > I *can* get the entire message using SaveAs and going through all the pain > of deleting the formatting, but that, as we all know, doesn't leave me the > e-dress of the poster. > > So, would some of you go check a board or two and see if it's doing it to > you, or is it just something that happened to match in his config and mine? > (I successfully printed other documents off the same computer and using > the same printer both before and after this experiment, so I don't *think* > it's my printer settings). > > Cheryl

Please forgive my error. Leith Hutton is a HE. And an Aussie to boot. Thank you, Mizz Wonderful, for telling me;-D >Would this be the link you are looking >for? http://www.geocities.com/hutton_l/develop/rwboards.html It is Leith >Hutton's Genealogy Homepage. She has everything you need to magically >create the links you need:-) Rel@ively, Patrice

Hooray !!! It works. A very BIG THANK YOU to Elsi and Drew. Now, back to getting images to stay put :-) Cleadie

Cheryl, Would this be the link you are looking for? http://www.geocities.com/hutton_l/develop/rwboards.html It is Leith Hutton's Genealogy Homepage. She has everything you need to magically create the links you need:-) Rel@ively, Patrice At 11/25/2001 05:20 PM, singhals wrote: >Not my day, gang. Sorry. :( > >But, in the past week to 10 days, I've seen a post with the URL to the page >where webmasters can "steal" code? (g) Heck, I've even been there a few >times, but today/tonight, I can't find the URL or the post or the bookmark. > >Anyone?

On 26 Nov 01, at 9:33, Cleadie Barnett wrote: > Hello Elsi, > > Thanks for the help. I have made the corrections you suggested (I hope > correctly) and have advanced, but not reached home yet. > > The error message I receive now is > > An error occurred while processing this form: > > /u1/httpd/cgi-bin/mailmerge.cgi: Specified log file > '/home0013/u1/nbpast/public_html/NewComments.html' does not exist. It > must already be created and writable. > > I've tried a few variations, and it is still looking for the file as > listed above, even though the /home0013/ is not listed as part of my > path, so am assuming the program puts that in. Nope -- you've got that coded as the first line in your template file (template.file) -- ACTION=File: /home0013/u1/nbpast/public_html/NewComments.html Remember, my original note said that you need to modify your template file to correct errors in it, including this one. As far as I can tell, the template file has not been changed. > > Your template also needs some work: > > 1) You need a period on a line by itself before the > > OUTPUT_FORM= line and again on the last line of the > > template file. > > 2) Your target output file is located at > > /u1/nbpast/public_html/NewComments.html, not at > > /home0013/u1/nbpast/public_html/NewComments.html > > 3) You have incomplete HTML in the ADDRESS tag. Be > > sure to close the tags when you open them > > 4) In your output, this line won't display anything: > > <.strong>E-mail: <.a > > href="mailto:@E-mail@<./a><./strong><.br> -- You > > need to have a complete anchor tag with text in it. > > May I suggest: > > <.strong>E-mail: <.a > > href="mailto:@E-mail@">@E-mail<./a><./strong><.br> -- > > this way the E-mail address displays and it is > > clickable. Looking at your web account, I find that you've created a file named comments.tmp which have these changes applied. If you want this file to be used as the template, you have to specify its name in the FORM ACTION tag in the input form. Your input form (comments.html) still specifies the original template file: ACTION="/cgi-bin/mailmerge.cgi/~nbpast/template.file" If you want to use the new one, change your input form so that it has this: ACTION="/cgi-bin/mailmerge.cgi/~nbpast/comments.tmp" The only error I see in the new template file is in the ACTION directive. You have: ACTION=File: /u1/~nbpast/public_html/NewComments.html You need to remove the tilde so that it reads: ACTION=File: /u1/nbpast/public_html/NewComments.html I checked, and the NewComments.html file does have the proper access attributes set allowing the MailMerge script to write to it. You need to make one change and remove the ending BODY and HTML tags from the document. (<./body> and <./html>) The MailMerge script appends the form data to the bottom of the output file and this would then place that data *after* your ending tags -- not good at all. Fortunately, the insertion of the advertising banner will generate these tags for you. Regards, Elsi

Hello Elsi, Thanks for the help. I have made the corrections you suggested (I hope correctly) and have advanced, but not reached home yet. The error message I receive now is An error occurred while processing this form: /u1/httpd/cgi-bin/mailmerge.cgi: Specified log file '/home0013/u1/nbpast/public_html/NewComments.html' does not exist. It must already be created and writable. I've tried a few variations, and it is still looking for the file as listed above, even though the /home0013/ is not listed as part of my path, so am assuming the program puts that in. Cleadie B. Elsi wrote: > > --- Cleadie Barnett <cleadieb@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote: > > I have tried to set up a mail merge system on my > > site - at > > > > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nbpast/comments.html > > > > Here is the error message I receive - > > > > Internal Server Error > > > > The server encountered an internal error or > > misconfiguration and was > > unable to complete your request. > > > > Any suggestions? > > Your form specifies: > ACTION="/cgi-bin/mailmerge.cgi/~nbpast/public_html/template.file"METHOD="post"> > > Note that the ~nbpast implies the public_html > directory, so you should not include that directory in > your ACTION tag. > > Also, you have no space between the ending quote and > the 'METHOD' property. > > Try this instead: > > ACTION="/cgi-bin/mailmerge.cgi/~nbpast/template.file" > METHOD="post"> > > Your template also needs some work: > 1) You need a period on a line by itself before the > OUTPUT_FORM= line and again on the last line of the > template file. > 2) Your target output file is located at > /u1/nbpast/public_html/NewComments.html, not at > /home0013/u1/nbpast/public_html/NewComments.html > 3) You have incomplete HTML in the ADDRESS tag. Be > sure to close the tags when you open them > 4) In your output, this line won't display anything: > <.strong>E-mail: <.a > href="mailto:@E-mail@<./a><./strong><.br> -- You > need to have a complete anchor tag with text in it. > May I suggest: > <.strong>E-mail: <.a > href="mailto:@E-mail@">@E-mail<./a><./strong><.br> -- > this way the E-mail address displays and it is > clickable. > > Regards, > Elsi > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. > http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237

Not my day, gang. Sorry. :( But, in the past week to 10 days, I've seen a post with the URL to the page where webmasters can "steal" code? (g) Heck, I've even been there a few times, but today/tonight, I can't find the URL or the post or the bookmark. Anyone? Cheryl Everyone has to believe in something, and I believe I'll go to bed now. *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* Cheryl Singhal (Singhals@erols.com) http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cpafug/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvhampsh/ http://www.capaccess.org/com/troop763/ http://www.fortunecity.com/millennium/blyton/772/ (Bottony Cross DAR) http://www.rootsweb.com/~cresap/ http://members.fortunecity.com/csinghal1/ (Joanna Waddill UDC)

In a message dated 11/25/01 6:39:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, elsi_leigh@yahoo.com writes: > Seems like this may be a local modification provided at some other site. > Where did you find this documented? Oops, you're right! I was looking at the documentation provided by Stanford (http://www.stanford.edu/leland/mailmerge.html), not realizing that they had added at least two features to Mailmerge (FORMCOPY and TRAILER) that weren't part of the original CGI script. Darn! I would have found those two features useful! Thanks for figuring out where I went wrong. Drew Smith FSGS Webmaster

In a message dated 11/25/01 6:45:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, JYoung6180@aol.com writes: > < > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa. > stat > > es.pennsylvania.counties.york&c=queries > > > Cheryl- I guess I should have mentioned that I used my county as an example, and of course you would be substituting your own. <grin> Joan

In a message dated 11/25/01 6:23:01 PM Eastern Standard Time, singhals@erols.com writes: > Back when we had the GenConnect boards, I had a number of links to black > genealogy boards. OBVIOUSLY, those links have been bad since June? July? > > However, I can't seem to find the new URLs. If someone has those (I > believe there were four main sites?), I'd be grateful for a post -- I'm > trying to get my pages updated before Santa leaves all those new computers! > (g) > Cheryl- If you want to use data type specific links to the boards use the following formula to add correct links to each board classification--the new icons to replace the GenConnect puzzle pieces are not yet ready but should be soon. There are additional data types on the new boards in addition to those offered by GenConnect. < http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.stat es.state.counties.county&c=queries > In the above example replace the word 'state' with the actual state--in this case pennsylvania (all lower case) and replace the word 'county' with the actual county--in this case york (again all lower case) so that it would appear: < http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.stat es.pennsylvania.counties.york&c=queries > To provide a data type specific link just replace the ending =queries with =deed, = will, =birth, etc. If your boards are surname boards follow the above example but use the surname board URL structure. Joan

Back when we had the GenConnect boards, I had a number of links to black genealogy boards. OBVIOUSLY, those links have been bad since June? July? However, I can't seem to find the new URLs. If someone has those (I believe there were four main sites?), I'd be grateful for a post -- I'm trying to get my pages updated before Santa leaves all those new computers! (g) Cheryl *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* Cheryl Singhal (Singhals@erols.com) http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cpafug/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvhampsh/ http://www.capaccess.org/com/troop763/ http://www.fortunecity.com/millennium/blyton/772/ (Bottony Cross DAR) http://www.rootsweb.com/~cresap/ http://members.fortunecity.com/csinghal1/ (Joanna Waddill UDC)

Is the "TRAILER=no" option in Mailmerge supposed to work, in order to suppress the "Back to the form" link and the "This form generated by mailmerge" link at the bottom of the feedback page? Or is this option unavailable? Drew Smith FSGS Webmaster

--- DrewSmithFSGS@aol.com wrote: > Is the "TRAILER=no" option in Mailmerge supposed to > work, in order to > suppress the "Back to the form" link and the "This > form generated by > mailmerge" link at the bottom of the feedback page? > Or is this option > unavailable? Drew: I don't recognize TRAILER=no as a MailMerge option. I just took a look at the documentation provided by the author -- http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/wizards/mailmerge.html -- and didn't find any reference to that option. Seems like this may be a local modification provided at some other site. Where did you find this documented? Regards, Elsi __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1

--- Cleadie Barnett <cleadieb@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote: > I have tried to set up a mail merge system on my > site - at > > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nbpast/comments.html > > Here is the error message I receive - > > Internal Server Error > > The server encountered an internal error or > misconfiguration and was > unable to complete your request. > > Any suggestions? Your form specifies: ACTION="/cgi-bin/mailmerge.cgi/~nbpast/public_html/template.file"METHOD="post"> Note that the ~nbpast implies the public_html directory, so you should not include that directory in your ACTION tag. Also, you have no space between the ending quote and the 'METHOD' property. Try this instead: ACTION="/cgi-bin/mailmerge.cgi/~nbpast/template.file" METHOD="post"> Your template also needs some work: 1) You need a period on a line by itself before the OUTPUT_FORM= line and again on the last line of the template file. 2) Your target output file is located at /u1/nbpast/public_html/NewComments.html, not at /home0013/u1/nbpast/public_html/NewComments.html 3) You have incomplete HTML in the ADDRESS tag. Be sure to close the tags when you open them 4) In your output, this line won't display anything: <.strong>E-mail: <.a href="mailto:@E-mail@<./a><./strong><.br> -- You need to have a complete anchor tag with text in it. May I suggest: <.strong>E-mail: <.a href="mailto:@E-mail@">@E-mail<./a><./strong><.br> -- this way the E-mail address displays and it is clickable. Regards, Elsi __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1

I have tried to set up a mail merge system on my site - at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nbpast/comments.html Here is the error message I receive - Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator, maddoc@rootsweb.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error. More information about this error may be available in the server error log. Any suggestions? Cleadie B.