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From: "Donna Starring" <>
Subject: Change in Mailing List format and subscriptions
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 14:20:54 -0600

To all Listers:

The software that handles Rootsweb mailing lists is being changed. The move
appears to be greatly beneficial. Below, I have copied and pasted essential
information from Rootsweb regarding this change.

"Dear RootsWeb mailing list subscriber,

We are excited to announce that in the coming weeks, the RootsWeb.com
mailing lists will be moving to a new list management system.

Why?

The new list management system offers updated technology, better spam
control, and more efficient hosting of the lists.

When?

All the lists won't be updated all at once. In fact, once we start it will
take us about two weeks to complete the process. We've posted the
additional details about the update and a current update schedule at the
link below.

http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/migrate_sched.html

This page can also be found by following the link found on
http://lists.rootsweb.com. If there are any changes to the schedule, we'll
update this page to let you know.

How will it Affect You?

Your current subscription(s) will automatically transfer to the new system
so there will be no need to re-subscribe to your list(s), however, because
the sending and receiving of list email will be handled by a new system, you
may notice a few changes to your list(s).

Digest subscribers will notice a small difference in the layout, volume and
issue numbers of the list digests.

The "-L" is being dropped from the "official" list name. This means the
"from" address your mailing list emails come from will be slightly

different- vs. the current .
You may have to adjust your spam filters or put the new address on your
"accept" list to prevent it from being caught in your "junk" folder.

This sounds like a big change, but it doesn't have to change the way you use
the list.

Here's why:

- You will still be able to send messages to the list using the
"" email address you use today. Additionally, you can
choose to drop the "-L" and send your messages to .
Both addresses will work after the list has been migrated.

- You will still be able to subscribe and unsubscribe to the mail or digest
mode by sending your request to or
as you do today. You will also be able to
unsubscribe from the mail or digest mode by sending your "unsubscribe"
message to .

We're excited about the improvements to the lists because we feel confident
that they will ensure that the mailing lists continue to run smoothly for
years to come. We appreciate your patience while we make this transition
and hope that the RootsWeb mailing lists will continue to be a valuable tool
in your genealogy research.

Thanks,

The Rootsweb Staff"

Donna
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Administrator

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