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From: Dick Marston <>
Subject: Revised NHMERRIM Welcome Message
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 03:39:34 -0700

Merrimack Rooters,

Last week I made some revisions to the Welcome Message that everyone
receives when joining the NHMERRIM-L mail list. The message for
NHMERRIM-D is similar, but obviously is different in appropriate places.
Since many of you have been subscribers since almost the beginning
(February of 1999), I know that your version probably looks considerably
different from the version below. That's also true for even you
more-recent subscribers.

It is my hope that each of you will take the time to read the message
below and save it for future reference.

Thanks for your interest and cooperation.

*********

Welcome to the NHMERRIM mailing list! You are currently subscribed in
"mail mode", which means that you will receive every posting made
to NHMERRIM as a separate e-mail. The directions on how to change to
digest mode are given below. PLEASE save a copy of this message for your
future reference.

The cities and towns of Rockingham county are:

Allenstown, Andover, Boscawen, Bow, Bradford, Canterbury, Chichester,
Concord, Danbury, Dunbarton, Epsom, Franklin, Henniker, Hill, Hooksett,
Hopkinton, Loudon, New London, Newbury, Northfield, Pembroke,
Pittsfield,
Salisbury, Sutton, Warner, and Webster.

Queries and discussions about genealogy, history, people, and events in
the above places (ONLY) are appropriate topics for this list. Please
help us by keeping at least some part of each your postings connected to
the above. While your posts are not screened in advance, all posts are
monitored, and these rules are enforced. If you have some doubt, chances
are it is for good reason. The List Administrator is always available to
answer any questions about the appropriateness of a subject matter
BEFORE
it is raised. Please take advantage of that help when in doubt.

1. How to unsubscribe. Send a message to:

that contains (in the body of the message) the command
unsubscribe
and NO additional text, including no name, address, or "signature."
Please do NOT send messages or queries to the above address.

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"
(without the quotation marks) to:

.

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
to discontinue mail mode. Second,
send the command "subscribe" to
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 . It
will then be sent on to everyone in both mail and digest mode.
You don't need to send it explicitly to both.

6. Please don't send documents attached to your messages addressed
to the mail list (attachments). Always send attachments to individuals
only, and if the attachment is a lengthy document or an image, even
then, it is considered a courtesy and a wise move to seek permission
first.

7. Since many subscribers of mail lists often subscribe to several
lists at the same time, their daily mail is often more than they are
able to read. Such persons frequently read no further than the
subject heading of your message. Therefore, you will avoid the
arbitrary deletion of your unread message if you make it a habit
to carefully word your subject heading to make it as informative,
yet efficiently brief as possible. For example, a query about a
person might be titled: DOE, John, 1750-1820, Andover. Now if your
message is deleted without reading, at least it shouldn't be
deleted by a subscriber with information about your "John DOE."

8. NHMERRIM No-No's:
a. See #6, above;
b. Posts with absolutely no Merrimack connection (birth,
residency, marriage, death, historical or geo-political event);
c. "Flames" sent to the list. Zero tolerance. NO exception.
Strictly enforced.
d. Advertising or offers of genealogy services for a fee or
products for sale. While individals may privately consent to
pay fees for extraordinary services involving more than a few
moments of time and trouble, all such agreements are strictly
at the sole risk of the parties involved. No responsibilty is
assumed by the list administrator for any enforcement on behalf
of either such party. Seller and buyer beware!
e. Opinions sent to the list about what should be, or should not
be "on-topic," or the "appropriateness" of a subject
matter for list discussion. This topic is reserved as the
exclusive domain of the list administrator. Opinions are
welcome, but only if they are directed to the list administrator
privately. His decision on the matter is final.

For your verification, a transcript of the original subscription request
is included below.

Thanks and happy hunting!

--
Dick Marston,
Administrator: NHMERRIM, NHROCKIN and MARSTON mail lists;

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