========================================================= Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 07:29:16 -0600 From: Kimberly Knutson <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Co-Managers, Strong Mail List To: [email protected] Bob, I don't have much genealogy experience or a very free schedule but if it only takes 1/2 hour I bet I could keep up for 1 month at time. You can add me as a Co-Manager. Kimberly (Tallmon) Knutson TALLMON STRONG GREEN LEBO DAVISON EMMONS MARK ECKMAN ============================================================ TO: Kimberley Knutson and ALL Thanks you immensely for volunteering to serve as a rotating Co-Manager of the Strong Mail List, Kimberly. You will be my replacement. Your volunteering certainly makes my "resignation" less painful for me. After I posted the message requesting additional volunteers I received a message from LaRee Nooner stating that she planned to re-subscribe to the Strong Mail List soon and would be available to serve as Co-Manager for the month of October, 1998. So a revised schecule is included in a footer to this message, subject to the approval of the List Owner, Theresa Lang. Based on the current schedule, you would not be "on tap" until January, Kimberly. In addition to receiving notifications of new subscriptions and cancelled subscriptions, the Co-Manager also receives all "error messages", many of which are for "bounced" messages. Most of these notices of bounced messages can be immediately deleted from your message editor/reader with no further action. Today, for example, William L. (Bill) Strong's Internet Service Privider, "netinc.ca", appears to be offline so all of his messages from the Strong Mail List are being bounced. In most instances the ISP does not stay offline from more than a few hours, so the problem usually resolves itself. There is no need to try to send copies of the bounced messages to the persons who did not receive them as the messages are immediately archived and can be retrieved from the archives by the person if they so desire. This could be done by entering a date into the search criteria, which might look like this example: "1 and SEP and 98". Alternatively a Digest Number could be entered. After an X number of regular messages or a Y number of Digests are bounced, the person is automatically unsubscribed by the Rootsweb server. X and Y are set by the List Owner in a special Customization (configuration) file on the Rootsweb server that controls each surname or regional mail list. An automated notice should be sent to the unsubscribed person (but it will probably bounce, too). The worst that can happen is that a person is removed from the Strong Mail List prematurely and must re-subscribe. In the past I have had a little difficulty keeping track of these automated cancellations. Since I will no longer be keeping such records, that is no longer a problem. Most administrative details can be taken care of online at Rootsweb, but a password is required to access these utilities. You will be notified of the password and the URL in a private message. After you receive your password you can sign onto the web site and browse around to familiarize yourself leisurely. Just don't reset anything in the Customization (Configuration) file without consulting with the List Owner. Don't hesitate to communicate with Theresa or Russ or me about any questions you may have. Russ operates his own Laird Mail List, so he is the most experienced of our group as a List Owner and/or List Manager. As I stated in my earlier message, the more Co-Managers there are, the easier it becomes on each one. Four Co-Managers are adequate, but five or six would be even better! Additional volunteers are desired. Usually there is a Co-Manager who can substitute for the Co-Manager of the Month, if that person needs to take a trip, etc. For example, Russ might possibly need temporary relief in the month of December. Thanks again, Kimberly! "BoB T." Robert T. (Bob) Strong, Jr. 119 Mystic Way Madison, AL 35757-8801 ================================================= CO-MANAGERS, Strong Mail List: Robert T. Strong <[email protected]> (SEP 98) LaRee Nooner <[email protected]> (OCT 98) Theresa Lang <[email protected]> (NOV 98) Russell Laird <[email protected]> (DEC 98) =================================================