Glad we are back up and running - happy to help with Wigtownshire research. Just moved house and got a fab new office for all my books including lots of Wig. Ones! Frances Frances Black Scottish Ancestor T: 01337 840351 E: enquiries@scottishancestor.co.uk W: www.scottishancestor.co.uk F: www.facebook.com/scottishancestor On 6 Nov 2013, at 08:00, sct-wigtownshire-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > ******************************************************************************** > > When replying to a digest message, quote only the specific message to which you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the message subject to which you are replying. > > ******************************************************************************** > > 11 Feb 2013 > All Wig list subscribers are in digest mode until list mode starts working again. > > ******************************************************************************** > > Today's Topics: > > 1. List mode is back!!! (Mary Richardson) > 2. Re: List mode is back!!! (Milly & Adrian Rowe) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 19:12:29 -0500 > From: Mary Richardson <mrichson@ix.netcom.com> > Subject: [WIG LIST] List mode is back!!! > To: "Mail list: WIG" <SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE@rootsweb.com> > Cc: Ian Poyntz <ian.poyntz@gmail.com> > Message-ID: <E1Vdqkq-0003CZ-Qv@elasmtp-spurfowl.atl.sa.earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > Dear loyal listers, > > Time to celebrate! I have just finished righting our ship. If I > switched you to digest mode, you're now back in list mode, and you > should be receiving this message that way. Hooray! > > Of course you're asking how we got in this pickle (and it's the same > reason India lost its list mode). Here's what my Rootsweb contact told me: > > "We have finally figured out what was causing the problem with the > individual (mail/list mode) mailings from your SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE > mailing list. The problem was related to the Non-digest Footer that > you added to the list. When I removed the non-digest footer from the > list, the test mailing that I sent out...went to those subscribed in > mail mode, which included you and your assistant admins. [I left > Crawford, Bruce, and me in list mode to detect when it was > restored.]....The next thing that I need to do is determine what it > was about the information you placed into the non-digest footer that > caused this problem or if anything at all placed into this footer > causes the problem. In the interim, please do not place anything > into the non-digest footer until I let you know about my > findings. Please accept our apologies for how long it has taken to > identify the problem and resolve it." > > Last January Crawford, Bruce, and I decided to start using the > non-digest footer to stir up our list. It had become a bit sleepy, > so we hoped to encourage posts with our footer nudges. Those of you > who were subbed back then may recall my posts to that effect: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/sct-wigtownshire/2013-01/1357436037 > ...Sometimes people forget about our rules and procedures, so > starting now we'll amend the footer that accompanies each post to > provide memory refreshers. That includes throwing in links that may > interest newbies (not to mention us oldies who may have forgotten > about them). Keep your eye on the footer! > > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/sct-wigtownshire/2013-01/1358105795 > As promised, we're proceeding with "memory refreshers." Each time we > change the message footer, we'll let you know... > > Until now, I haven't been able to pinpoint when we lost list mode, > but now I know it was on 13 Jan 2013 when I started using the > non-digest footer to spark list interest. > > You may be interested in these factoids about our ordeal: > > . It took about a month to determine that we'd lost list mode and > that I had to put all of us in digest mode to keep our list alive. I > moved all our list moders -- about 75% of us -- to digest mode on 11 > Feb 2013 -- almost NINE months ago! > > . We had 532 members when I made the switch. There've been 117 subs > and unsubs since then, but we've come out whole -- we have 528 > subscribers today. > > So there you have it. We're back in business. Needless to say, I > won't be using the non-digest footer again till I get the all-clear! > > Mary > > P.S. If you're not in the mode you want -- list vs. digest -- please > DO NOT post to the list. Write me privately, and I'll gladly change you. > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 06:09:03 +0200 > From: "Milly & Adrian Rowe" <roweam@telkomsa.net> > Subject: Re: [WIG LIST] List mode is back!!! > To: "'Mary Richardson'" <mrichson@ix.netcom.com>, "'Mail list: WIG'" > <SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE@rootsweb.com> > Cc: 'Ian Poyntz' <ian.poyntz@gmail.com> > Message-ID: <001201cedaa5$f0268b80$d073a280$@net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Dear Mary > > Congratulations on getting the problem sorted out AT LAST! > > It is much easier to follow mailings in List Mode. > > All the best > > Adrian > > -----Original Message----- > From: sct-wigtownshire-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:sct-wigtownshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mary Richardson > Sent: 06 November 2013 02:12 AM > To: Mail list: WIG > Cc: Ian Poyntz > Subject: [WIG LIST] List mode is back!!! > > Dear loyal listers, > > Time to celebrate! I have just finished righting our ship. If I switched > you to digest mode, you're now back in list mode, and you should be > receiving this message that way. Hooray! > > Of course you're asking how we got in this pickle (and it's the same reason > India lost its list mode). Here's what my Rootsweb contact told me: > > "We have finally figured out what was causing the problem with the > individual (mail/list mode) mailings from your SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE mailing > list. The problem was related to the Non-digest Footer that you added to > the list. When I removed the non-digest footer from the list, the test > mailing that I sent out...went to those subscribed in mail mode, which > included you and your assistant admins. [I left Crawford, Bruce, and me in > list mode to detect when it was restored.]....The next thing that I need to > do is determine what it was about the information you placed into the > non-digest footer that caused this problem or if anything at all placed into > this footer causes the problem. In the interim, please do not place > anything into the non-digest footer until I let you know about my findings. > Please accept our apologies for how long it has taken to identify the > problem and resolve it." > > Last January Crawford, Bruce, and I decided to start using the non-digest > footer to stir up our list. It had become a bit sleepy, so we hoped to > encourage posts with our footer nudges. Those of you who were subbed back > then may recall my posts to that effect: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/sct-wigtownshire/2013-01/13574 > 36037 > ...Sometimes people forget about our rules and procedures, so starting now > we'll amend the footer that accompanies each post to provide memory > refreshers. That includes throwing in links that may interest newbies (not > to mention us oldies who may have forgotten about them). Keep your eye on > the footer! > > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/sct-wigtownshire/2013-01/13581 > 05795 > As promised, we're proceeding with "memory refreshers." Each time we change > the message footer, we'll let you know... > > Until now, I haven't been able to pinpoint when we lost list mode, but now I > know it was on 13 Jan 2013 when I started using the non-digest footer to > spark list interest. > > You may be interested in these factoids about our ordeal: > > . It took about a month to determine that we'd lost list mode and that I > had to put all of us in digest mode to keep our list alive. I moved all our > list moders -- about 75% of us -- to digest mode on 11 Feb 2013 -- almost > NINE months ago! > > . We had 532 members when I made the switch. There've been 117 subs and > unsubs since then, but we've come out whole -- we have 528 subscribers > today. > > So there you have it. We're back in business. Needless to say, I won't be > using the non-digest footer again till I get the all-clear! > > Mary > > P.S. If you're not in the mode you want -- list vs. digest -- please DO NOT > post to the list. Write me privately, and I'll gladly change you. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4158 / Virus Database: 3629/6810 - Release Date: 11/05/13 > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE list administrator, send an email to > SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE mailing list, send an email to SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE Digest, Vol 8, Issue 156 > ************************************************