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From: Anne <>
Subject: Re: [LO] Posting ads to the list
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 01:48:26 +0100
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Saturday, July 20, 2002, 9:23:12 PM, David wrote:

DEC> Does anyone out there have the following addy subscribed to his/her list or
DEC> can you tell me anything about it?:

DEC>

DEC> On my Maryland list, I began to receive A LOT of bounces over a period of a
DEC> week or two to this addy, but it did not bounce off the list because I have
DEC> the limit at 16 (the maximum) bounces on all of my lists until things
DEC> settle down again. However, I recently had "First Families" post what was
DEC> clearly an advertisement to the list, and that has always been one thing
DEC> that will get someone removed from my lists until they contact me. This
DEC> addy was then unsubscribed and placed on my reject list, where it will
DEC> remain until the owner contacts me or else someone can convince me that I
DEC> should not do it.

DEC> What prompted this posting now is that the same addy is now attempting to
DEC> resubscribe to the list after more than a week. The notice was sent to me,
DEC> but no subscription was entered. I am only speculating, but if the owner
DEC> does contact me, I would like to know something about them, if anyone else
DEC> is familiar with it.

DEC> My policy has always been that posting to the list something that is 100%
DEC> advertisement, and not simply "incidental" information to a posting, will
DEC> get you removed from the list until you talk to me. It is well-stated in
DEC> the welcome letters for all of my lists that, before posting any clear
DEC> advertisement to the list, I want to see it first, even one that is
DEC> genealogy or topic-related (this one was a big "stretch" to consider it
DEC> topical to the list). Normally, I apply a very broad interpretation and
DEC> allow most anything that is anywhere close, but if you post it directly
DEC> yourself and it is 100% advertisement, then you are removed until we talk
DEC> about it. I have only done this one other time, and the individual was
DEC> removed from the reject list and allowed to resub after I explained it to
DEC> her, and we had no further problems.

DEC> Can anyone tell me about this e-mail addy? Is it subbed to any other lists
DEC> out there? Is anyone familiar with the organization? They are trying
DEC> unsuccessfully to resub to the Maryland list now, but as of this moment
DEC> have not contacted me, but if they do I would like to know something about
DEC> it if anyone knows. To my knowledge, this individual has never posted
DEC> anything to the list but this advertisement, and may well have subbed just
DEC> to post it, but I cannot say that as fact.

DEC> I welcome any guidance from the experts out there, either the official ones
DEC> at RW or other fellow admins/subscribers on this list.

DEC> David
DEC>



David,


By chance I noted that there is a mail to the ROOTS-L Digest V02 #383
list from this person which gives a resume of what they up to on their
website. The mail is from this person:

Harold Oliver
Director
America's First Families
mailto:

Hope this helps.


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