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From: "Census Lookup" <>
Subject: [OR-CENSUS] Welcome Letter
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 11:52:12 +0000

PLEASE READ AND PRINT OUT this entire message before you post a message to

You are currently subscribed in "mail mode", which means that you will
receive every
posting made to XX-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L as a separate e-mail. The
directions on
how to change to"digest mode" are given below.

1. Purpose. The XX-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L list is for lookup requests from the
Federal and State census, all years.

2. To UNSUBSCRIBE: Send a message to:
that contains in the body of the
message the
command "unsubscribe" (no quotation marks) and NO additional text or
signature lines.
(If you have difficulty removing your signature lines, you can put the
word "quit" on the
line after "unsubscribe"). If your E-mail address goes bad or your
mailbox fills up, you'll
be automatically unsubscribed by the mailing list software after the
fourth message in a row
bounces back to RootsWeb.

3. 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
.

4. 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 "subscribe"
to
to start receiving the digest.
Second, send the
command "unsubscribe" to to
discontinue mail mode.

5. 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.

6. 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.
DON'T send it explicitly to both mailing lists.

7. The custodian of the XX-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L list is Kelly Courtney-Blizzard
. If you
have problems getting subscribed/unsubscribed from the list or have any
other difficulties with
the list, write to me (not to the list) and I'll try to resolve the
problem.

8. Even if you decide not to save this message, please try to remember that,
like all the CENSUS-L-LOOKUP
lists at RootsWeb, the subscribe and unsubscribe messages go to
,
not to the list itself. If such messages
do appear on the list, I'll
manually subscribe or unsubscribe the person, though.

9. The mailing list is presently installed at rootsweb.com, which is the
home of the RootsWeb.
See http://www.rootsweb.com for information about RootsWeb. It's not
necessary to pay anything to subscribe
to any of its surname mailing lists.

10. Message format and attachments. Subject lines should be
"YR/SURNAME/COUNTY". Please submit messages only in plain text (no HTML),
and don't submit attachments or hyperlinks. Many of our subscribers are
using software that cannot read attachments hyperlinks
sometimes cause messages to be bounced back. ONLY ONE SURNAME per
request!
Please, always use a helpful subject line like "1880/STEWART/Saginaw
Co", rather than a generic one like
"inquiry about Stewart family".

11. Copyrights. Any person sending a message to this list retains the
copyright to
it. By sending the message, you grant to the list custodian, and to his
heirs and
assigns forever, permission to distribute copies of the message to
other list
members, to store archival copies of the message, and to make the
archival copies
available to the Internet community at large. You also grant to other
list members
the right to quote your message in part or in total as a part of their
replies sent
back to the list.

12. No-nos. Please DO NOT submit virus alerts, chain letters, or other
off-topic
material to the list. Don't send copies of copyrighted material.
Vulgarity and
personal attacks on other list members are also unwelcome. Don't send
messages
exceeding 8 kilobytes in length. If someone else violates these rules,
please do not
send their message back to this list! That just magnifies the problem,
and defeats
our anti-spam defenses at Rootsweb.

13. "Please" and "Thank You" are always welcome! When thanking someone for
a lookup,
please email that person directly, do not post to the list.

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




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