The problem here is not with messages to the list but by messages sent from the list to individuals whose mail servers rejected the messages and bounced them back to the list. The list server is unsubscribing people. At least half the people unsubscribed are lurkers, people I've never seen on the list. Lois On 6/30/2014 2:51 PM, Joy Gulden wrote: > Just an FYI -- When Ancestry was hacked, Rootsweb, as part of Ancestry > was also shut down. If anyone had any emails TO the list when it was > down, they came back to the person with a notice similar to what I have > copied and pasted below. The one I copied was to the Norway List, but > it happened to all the Rootweb lists. The problem is that they kept > trying to deliver the messages and when they had tried several times, > the ISP automatically unsubscribed the person sending the > messages. Joy Gulden > -------------------------- > > This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification > > THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY. > > YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESEND YOUR MESSAGE. > > Delivery to the following recipient has been delayed: > > [email protected] > > Message will be retried for 1 more day(s) > > Technical details of temporary failure: > The recipient server did not accept our requests to connect. Learn more athttp://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?answer=7720 > [(10) mail.rootsweb.com. [66.43.28.152]:25: Connection timed out] > [(10) mail2.rootsweb.com. [66.43.28.162]:25: Connection timed out] > ---------------------- > > On 6/30/2014 12:22 PM, Lois Casson wrote: >> Okay folks, I just received over 70 emails for bounce notices and people >> being unsubscribed primarily from AOL, Comcast, Hotmail and Yahoo, one >> or twom from SCB and ATT. I don't know what the problem is and I can't >> resubscribe you. You must do that yourself. >> >> I've seen a lot of familiar names and I have received new subscription >> notices for many of those. >> > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -- Lo in Flo Lois Kälander Casson Pensacola, Florida USA