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    1. **Great Announcement from Rootsweb**
    2. Carol Queen
    3. Here is a new service from rootsweb. Thought you might be interested Carol >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > * * * * * > > NEWS AND NOTES FROM ROOTSWEB > >THREADED LIST ARCHIVES ARE NOW AVAILABLE. Now you can read >122,813 messages from 877 mailing lists using your Web browser by >visiting <http://archiver.rootsweb.com/>. All those messages are >from just three months of beta tests -- watch this archives grow >with its public debut. > >This is a remarkably comfortable way to browse through the posts >that have been made to the lists. Be sure to use the integrated >search engine to find what you are looking for. > >To use the Archiver you will need to pick a user name and >password and you will need to accept a cookie. The reason for >passwords and cookies is to keep spammers' e-mail address >harvesters *out* of the archives. Because of this password-and- >cookie feature, listowners can set up lists to be archived with >confidence that they are *not* exposing posters' addresses to >spammers. We encourage all RootsWeb listowners to visit the >Archiver and then include their lists in the archives. > >The next step is to start making old list messages available. > >Thanks to Marc Nozell for implementing the threaded archives. >It's great work. > > * * * > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >-- >Marc Nozell <marc@nozell.com> http://www.nozell.com

    04/17/1999 09:12:14