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From: Linnea Miller< >
Subject: [PALEBANO-L] Note from Rootsweb
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 07:56:03 -0400

Hi All!

The address to post messages to the PALEBANO list is:

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Also, see the IMPORTANT note below from Rootsweb concerning how you have
your mail software configured.

-Linnea

>Hi --
>
>The message you submitted to this list (included above) wasn't
>sent to the list subscribers. RootsWeb accepts only plain text
>mail. That means that HTML mail, attachments, ``enriched text'',
>and a few other formats can't be sent to RootsWeb mailing lists.
>You can post your message if you send it in plain text; TURN OFF THE "POST
>IN >HTML" OR "ENRICHED TEXT" FEATURES OF YOUR MAIL READER, OR DON'T USE
>ANY >ATTACHMENTS. See
>http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/listowners/html-off.htm for
>instructions on turning off HTML in most of the popular mail
>programs, or ask your ISP's technical support line for help.
>
>We've had to institute this policy because of the problems that
>accompany these fancy mail formats. Some people don't have mail
>programs that are capable of processing the special file formats.
>Even among those who do, different mail programs handle these
>special formats in very different and confusing ways. HTML messages
>pose special problems to our digested mailing lists. Most of all,
>HTML-ified mail and attachments place a considerable burden on
>RootsWeb's overworked machines. All in all, mail in this format
>produces a lot of problems for RootsWeb's servers and subscribers,
>so we find it's best just to use plain text.
>
>-- The RootsWeb staf

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