The RUSSELL list and all other mailing lists are changing over to Rootsweb's new Mailman mailing system. You should have received an e-mail about the new system a week or so ago. The change should help the lists run smoothly and cut down on the number of spam messages that try to access the lists. There are a couple of changes that will affect you: The first is for those who receive both individual e-mails and digest mail. You can no longer receive both mailings to the same e-mail address. It was an unavoidable part of the change-over, and it affects me, too. So if you were receiving both mailings, you'll have to resubscribe to the Digest with another e-mail address if you wish to keep receiving it. I used a yahoo address I had. Also people with AOL should check their spam folders and if they find list mail there they need to be sure to CLICK THE *THIS IS NOT SPAM* link to send the list mail to the inbox. It is VERY important to help train the filters and let AOL know that this new server can be trusted. Then we will not be receiving messages from the RUSSELL message board at Rootsweb for a time. The staff is working to correct this problem, but until it is running again, you might wish to check the it . http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.russell The message boards are also getting ready for a major update to make them easier to navigate and use. You may want to check them to see if something new has arrived that would interest you. If you should experience any problems with the mailing list in the near future, please let me know at [email protected] and I'll pass it along to the proper staff members. Mary Harkey Russell [email protected] http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bird