Good morning cousins, A couple things you might want to know about our current listserver. And I have a few questions on how you would like this list to be set up. AOL_Currently, Aol is not getting the correct digest mode on some of the more popular lists. Their newest upgrade is causing the problem for now. Those with the old version don't seem to be having the problem. MSN-Msn is installing new software also. It is changing user names and addresses. While mail to the old address is still being delivered, it causes a problem posting to a closed list. It is not the same address subscribed with. If you find yourself unsubscribed - The current mail handler allows mail to bounce with fatal errors four times and then automatically unsubscribes the address. Just subscribe again (remember to use yoder-l-request@rootsweb.com for server commands) Archives are available for the Yoder list. I'm not sure if they are searchable yet. Short list of server options- 1) open or closed list 2) replies to list or sender Open or closed list An open list allows anyone to post to the mailing list. A closed list requires the poster to be a subscriber. Due to a lot of spam being sent to the mailing lists, many listowners are closing their list. The fine folks at rootsweb have caught several instances of incoming and stopped it before it all went out. (One of the good things about being the Yoder list, Y's are towards the end. Tho they could start at the end of the alphabet as easily). When a non-subscriber tries to post to the list, the message is sent to the listowner. The listowner can either delete it or forward it to the list. (Which would not be a problem for me). Replies to list or to the sender The list is currently set to reply to the sender. An option is to set it to reply to the list. This list is set up for you, the Yoder descendants. How would you like the list to be set up? If you have any questions or problems let me know. ginseng@sssnet.com ginseng@tccbbs.com