Hello Malcolm, As far as I can see there is no mail or very little, being generated to the list. I go out of the country for a week and make the decision to not have someone look after the SIC list, and mail comes in querying non receipt of the mail, I have checked all the places a list administrator can check for problems and there is not one.....I did a bit of counting or comparing the list has been extremely quiet...... For the months of Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr., 2004 total postings have been 75. For the same time frame in 2003 the messages totalled 368. In April 2002 the year Scots in Canada was introduced the total postings for that one month alone were 817.....quite the drop! All I am trying to point out is that things are very slow on this list, and have gradually gotten slower and slower. The list still has an excellent base of subscribers, 116 subscribed in Digest Mode and 221 on List Mode, total of 337. This reiterates the point that a subscriber made, "we Scots are a secretive bunch" !!!! Sure looks like it..... A list is only as productive as its membership. All I can say if anyone is worried about why there are no postings on SIC post a message, post a query as to what you are looking for, no one.... least of all me is going to tell you to stop. If you post you may be well surprised and get an answer. Christine List Administrator -------Original Message------- From: SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L@rootsweb.com Date: 04/30/04 20:13:32 To: SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SCTCDN] No mail Hi Listers; I haven't seen any mail from this list in quite some time. Is there a problem somewhere? Malcolm in Calgary, Alberta ==== SCOTS-IN-CANADA Mailing List ==== FAMILY HISTORY: a quiltwork of lives ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Reposting my interests: In 1836, at least three BLACKLOCK brothers came to the Kingston, Ontario area. They were Thomas (b.15 May 1804) m. Jean COCK of Dornock; James, and William, who married Margaret Glasford. They came with their father (unknown given name) after their mother died. They came from Ecclefechan, Dumfries, SCT. A fellow BLACKLOCK researcher thinks another brother JOHN may have followed them to Canada. I would like very much to correspond with BLACKLOCK researchers. Barbara Brown Allen, Dearborn, MI. researching BLACKLOCK, ROME, COCK, CARRUTHERS from SCT.

----- Original Message ----- From: "christine" <cjjoud@rogers.com> To: <SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 5:58 AM Subject: Re: [SCTCDN] No mail > Hello Malcolm, > > As far as I can see there is no mail or very little, being generated to the > list. snip > A list is only as productive as its membership. All I can say if anyone is > worried about why there are no postings on SIC post a message, > post a query as to what you are looking for, no one.... least of all me > is going to tell you to stop. If you post you may be well surprised and > get an answer. > > Christine > List Administrator Mail to most Rootsweb lists is down because of many factors. The biggest one is the problem with spam blocking. ISP spam blockers are notoriously bad about blocking Rootsweb mail. Most recently AOL subscribers and rr.com subscribers were affected and could not receive the mailing list mail. Another spam-related issue is personal spam-blocking programs. Many people have installed them and do not understand how to configure them or have programs that require the sender to "register" their address in order to send mail. The latter is incompatible with Rootsweb lists. Yet another issue is that some people have email filters that send their Rootsweb mail to their "Junk" or "Spam" folders where subscribers don't know to look for it. [This problem has become so bad that many publishers of online newsletters have established websites where they post their latest news and no longer send out bulk mail.] The end result is that people do not see their posts appear on a list (because they did not get them back in their own mail) and/or never saw the reply. Thus, they conclude that they need not bother with sending mail to the lists. Rootsweb lists are alive and well for those whose spam blockers allow the mail through. However, with recent media reports that as much as 30% of "good" email is being discarded by ISPs and never delivered, the problem will not be resolved any time soon. Regards, Sharyn

Hi I find that it is not the only list that is slow. The Irish-In-Canada are just as slow. And even the Metisgen is slow right now, which could be that people want to get outside. I have been inputting Robinson information into my data base. And sending another person Crooks information. Sheila Behan christine wrote: >Hello Malcolm, > >As far as I can see there is no mail or very little, being generated to the >list. > >I go out of the country for a week and make the decision to not have >someone look after the SIC list, and mail comes in querying non >receipt of the mail, I have checked all the places a list administrator >can check for problems and there is not one.....I did a bit of >counting or comparing the list has been extremely quiet...... > >For the months of Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr., 2004 total postings have been >75. > >For the same time frame in 2003 the messages totalled 368. > >In April 2002 the year Scots in Canada was introduced the total >postings for that one month alone were 817.....quite the drop! > >All I am trying to point out is that things are very slow on this list, >and have gradually gotten slower and slower. The list still has >an excellent base of subscribers, 116 subscribed in Digest Mode >and 221 on List Mode, total of 337. >This reiterates the point that a subscriber >made, "we Scots are a secretive bunch" !!!! Sure looks like it..... > >A list is only as productive as its membership. All I can say if anyone is >worried about why there are no postings on SIC post a message, >post a query as to what you are looking for, no one.... least of all me >is going to tell you to stop. If you post you may be well surprised and >get an answer. > >Christine >List Administrator > > > >-------Original Message------- > >From: SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L@rootsweb.com >Date: 04/30/04 20:13:32 >To: SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [SCTCDN] No mail > >Hi Listers; > >I haven't seen any mail from this list in quite some time. Is there a >problem somewhere? > >Malcolm in Calgary, Alberta > > > >==== SCOTS-IN-CANADA Mailing List ==== >FAMILY HISTORY: a quiltwork of lives > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > >==== SCOTS-IN-CANADA Mailing List ==== >Whoever said "seek and ye shall find" was not a genealogist! > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > >

Hi Christine; Thanks for your reply, I was wondering if I had missed something but apparently not. That's fine. Regards Malcolm ----- Original Message ----- From: "christine" <cjjoud@rogers.com> To: <SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 6:58 AM Subject: Re: [SCTCDN] No mail > Hello Malcolm, > > As far as I can see there is no mail or very little, being generated to the > list. > > I go out of the country for a week and make the decision to not have > someone look after the SIC list, and mail comes in querying non > receipt of the mail, I have checked all the places a list administrator > can check for problems and there is not one.....I did a bit of > counting or comparing the list has been extremely quiet...... > > For the months of Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr., 2004 total postings have been > 75. > > For the same time frame in 2003 the messages totalled 368. > > In April 2002 the year Scots in Canada was introduced the total > postings for that one month alone were 817.....quite the drop! > > All I am trying to point out is that things are very slow on this list, > and have gradually gotten slower and slower. The list still has > an excellent base of subscribers, 116 subscribed in Digest Mode > and 221 on List Mode, total of 337. > This reiterates the point that a subscriber > made, "we Scots are a secretive bunch" !!!! Sure looks like it..... > > A list is only as productive as its membership. All I can say if anyone is > worried about why there are no postings on SIC post a message, > post a query as to what you are looking for, no one.... least of all me > is going to tell you to stop. If you post you may be well surprised and > get an answer. > > Christine > List Administrator > > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L@rootsweb.com > Date: 04/30/04 20:13:32 > To: SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SCTCDN] No mail > > Hi Listers; > > I haven't seen any mail from this list in quite some time. Is there a > problem somewhere? > > Malcolm in Calgary, Alberta > > > > ==== SCOTS-IN-CANADA Mailing List ==== > FAMILY HISTORY: a quiltwork of lives > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > ==== SCOTS-IN-CANADA Mailing List ==== > Whoever said "seek and ye shall find" was not a genealogist! > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >