KEEP THIS MESSAGE !!!!! ==================== DO NOT DELETE THIS MESSAGE !!!!! ============================= SAVE FOR FUTURE REFERENCE ON SUBSCRIBING & UNSUBSCRIBING !!!!! =============================== The WILHITE Discussion List has finally been moved to the RootsWeb server !!!!! There are several things that you, as a subscriber, should know: 1) Subscribing and unsubscribing are done differently than the way it was done on MAISER. Please read the Welcome Message below for particulars. 2) There will be some people receiving this, and other mail, from the List, even though they have unsubscribed lately. The reason for this is that the old subscription lists were sent from MAISER to RootsWeb without any input from us ListOwners. I had removed some subscribers here on the temporary List I had set up on my home system, but had no way to remove them from the list that went to RootsWeb. Sorry for this -- you will just have to unsubscribe again using the instructions below. 3) When you click on "reply", the address in the TO: header will be the address of the sender of the message. For now, you will have to replace it with: [email protected] I am working on getting the List changed so that when you click on "reply", the address in the TO: header will be the above WILHITE List address. Once this is changed, all mail you send will automatically come back to the List. Of course, if you wish to send a private email to the sender, make sure his/her address is in the TO: header. 4) If, when RootsWeb delivers the mail, it encounters problems delivering to any particular email address, I get a "bounced" notification. This is usually caused by one of the following: Mailbox Full, No Such User, No Such Email Address, Temporary Failure, etc. If RootsWeb attempts 5 consecutive times and cannot deliver, it automatically removes the offending email address from the list of subscribers. Not to worry. If your server is having temporary problems, more than likely they will be cleared up before there are 5 bounces for your address. If you go for a period of time and don't get any mail from the List, you can just re-subscribe. If you are already on the list, you won't be added again. For you users who have a limit on the number of messages your server allows you to accumulate in your mailbox, PLEASE keep it emptied so that there are no bounces. If you go on vacation, or are otherwise away from your computer for a day or two, BE SURE TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THE LIST before you leave. RootsWeb has no way right now to set NOMAIL, as MAISER did. You can always re-subscribe once you return. 5) There will be archives of ALL messages posted to the WILHITE List, including all those that were on MAISER. You can retrieve these archives -- I will inform you later how to do this. 6) Below is the Welcome Message that will be going out to all new subscribers. Since you were transferred over from the old MAISER List, you will not receive this message from RootsWeb. I am sending it to all of you now so you will know EXACTLY how to subscribe and unsubscribe. PLEASE READ THE MESSAGE BELOW !!!!! Then, read it again !!!!! If you do things correctly, it cuts down on the heavy load at RootsWeb, not to mention it cuts down on the mail I receive telling me someone has sent an incorrect command to RootsWeb. ================================================= NEW WELCOME MESSAGE: Welcome to the WILHITE mailing list! You are currently subscribed in "mail mode", which means that you will receive every posting made to WILHITE as a separate e-mail. The directions on how to change to digest mode are given below. 1. How to unsubscribe. Send a message to [email protected] that contains (in the body of the message) the command unsubscribe and no additional text. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR "SIGNATURE ELEMENT" TURNED OFF. 2. How to subscribe. Whatever you just did worked, or you'd not be getting this message. But for future reference (for instance, if your subscription is cancelled for whatever reason and you want to resubscribe), just send the command "subscribe" to [email protected] (Again, NOTHING but the word "subscribe" (without the quotation marks, of course); NO SIGNATURE ELEMENT !!!!!) 3. How to change to digest mode (several postings are combined and sent to you together as a single large message). There are two steps. First, send the command "unsubscribe" to [email protected] to discontinue mail mode. Second, send the command "subscribe" to [email protected] to start receiving digests. 4. How to change to NOMAIL mode. There is no formal NOMAIL mode. All you have to do is follow the directions above and unsubscribe when you want the messages to stop, and then when you want them to start again, simply subscribe again. 5. If you'd like to post a message so everyone on the mailing list receives it, just send it to [email protected] It will then be sent on to everyone in both mail and digest mode. You don't need to send it explicitly to both. For your verification, a transcript of the original subscription request is included below. *****NOTE FROM LISTOWNER***** The same things apply here on RootsWeb as applied on MAISER. No "flames", no profanity, no rude comments sent publicly (I would hope none are sent privately either). If your mailbox gets full, or if your server has problems, you will be dropped from the List automatically after a predetermined number of "bounces". Once the problem is cleared up, you can subscribe again. I am still available at the same email address as before: [email protected] (Make sure it is not "sgtgeorge"; there is no "e" at the end of "sgtgeorg".)