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From: Yvonne <>
Subject: [GARRISON-L] LISTMOM: LIST INSTRUCTIONS
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 09:03:44 -0700


TIME FOR A LIST COMMAND UPDATE! Please READ carefully and SAVE.

PLEASE write to ME <>, not the WHOLE list if you are having
an email or ISP problem. It creates unnecessary list traffic and I can
react much quicker to a personal email than to see your problem buried in
list traffic.

NO-NOs:

*DO NOT POST VIRUS NOTICES TO THE LIST!!!!!*

*DO NOT POST MISSING/SICK/DYING CHILDREN NOTICES TO THE LIST!!!!!*

*DO NOT POST EMAIL INTERNET CHARGES NOTICES TO THE LIST!!!!*

Etc.

ROOTSWEB SERVERS WILL REJECT:

*MESSAGES W/ATTACHMENTS
*MESSAGES WRITTEN IN HTML
*MESSAGES WRITTEN IN RTF
Be sure your mail program is set to "Plain Text". If in doubt about your
program, visit:
http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/listowners/html-off.htm for more info.

COMMANDS:

The servers consider mail and digest separate COMMAND addresses. Depending
on which "type" of list you are on, your command address will either be:

GARRISON-L-request @rootsweb.com

or

.

Please use the correct one.

TO SUBSCRIBE OR UNSUBSCRIBE:

SUBSCRIBE::
Send message to with nothing but the word
SUBSCRIBE in the body text. Use if you are
subscribing to the digest version.

UNSUBSCRIBE:
Send message to with nothing but the word
UNSUBSCRIBE in the body text. Use if you
are unsubscribing from the digest version.

"NOMAIL":

Rootsweb does NOT have a "NOMAIL" function. If you will be away, you must
UNSUBSCRIBE from the list and (RE)SUBSCRIBE when you return. If you don't,
2 things may happen: 1) You will accumulate a ton of mail and 2) your ISP
may start bouncing mail if you max out and the Rootsweb smartlist will
automatically UNSUBSCRIBE you after 4 bounces

NOTE: RESUB, RESUBSCRIBE AND UNSUB ARE NOT COMMANDS. Use SUBSCRIBE OR
UNSUBSCRIBE.

DIGEST/REGULAR MAIL

Digest is available on all the lists. On slower lists, digest means no
messages for a couple of days. Regardless of whether you are on digest or
not, ALL messages are posted to .

To set digest, send a message to with
NOTHING but SUBSCRIBE in the body text. After you start receiving digest,
UNSUBSCRIBE from regular mail by sending a message to
with UNSUBSCRIBE in the body text. If you
don't do this, you will receive double messages.

If you find you don't like digest, just reverse the process: UNSUBSCRIBE
from GARRISON-D and RESUB (use SUBSCRIBE) to GARRISON-L (see instructions
above)..

Please note: some users don't recommend digest for AOL users because AOL's
mail system often truncates, drops or detaches and re attaches as .mim
files the digests. Good luck.

CHANGING EMAIL ADDRESSES:

If you are changing your email address, you must UNSUBSCRIBE from your OLD
address, and RESUB (use SUBSCRIBE) from your NEW (see instructions above).

ARCHIVES:

REGULAR ARCHIVES:

These appear on the web page:

http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=GARRISON

You do NOT need a user name or password.

They are "searchable" by keyword but are not "threaded". If I enter my
Liner GARRISON, I will get a list of all messages posted to the list where
Liner or GARRISON appears in the subject line.

THREADED ARCHIVES:

These appear on the web page:

http://archiver.rootsweb.com/GARRISON-L/

You DO need a user name and password. (the archive will prompt you to
enter one, if you don't have one there is a button to set create one, and
you will have immediate access). You will use it each time you visit the
archives (regardless of which mailing list).

If you want to retrieve archived digests by email, please see
http://www.sonic.net/yvonne/listinfo.html for instructions on retrieving
archives via email or write me at <>

FOR GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING ROOTSWEB:

http://www.rootsweb.com/

FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO SUPPORT ROOTSWEB:

http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html

FOR OTHER ROOTSWEB SURNAME, REGIONAL, ETHNIC LISTS & SPECIALTY:

http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/

FOR STATE & REGIONAL LISTS (PREVIOUSLY MAISER):

http://php.indiana.edu/~stephenl/genealog.htm
Yvonne Bowers, List Owner (Looking for John's Parents )
GARRISON-L Family List
Most Wanted: http://www.sonic.net/yvonne/garrison.html
GenConnect: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Garriso

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