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From: Yvonne Bowers <>
Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] G-mail and Hotmail
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 09:06:37 -0700
References: <mailman.715.1224918088.31118.roots@rootsweb.com>
In-Reply-To: <mailman.715.1224918088.31118.roots@rootsweb.com>

Rootsweb's tightened SPAM filters do seem to "snag" some messages -
both subscribe requests and message posts. If you're interested in a
certain list and seem to be unable to subscribe, contact the list
admin (i.e. - replace the word "listname"
with the correct one) and ask him/her to check you're subscription if
there is one, to "bcc" the admin on a subscribe/post request so the
headers can be checked and ultimately go to the HelpDesk if all else
fails. If you don't know if you're subscribed since you didn't get a
Welcome Message, simply post a message of introduction (make sure it's
a legitimate post - don't just post "test"). If you're not
subscribed, the list admin will see that message in his/her "pending
request" and will let you know. You can check the archives for your
message (in case your ISP snagged the message on the way back). If
it's in neither of those places, it went into the ether and you will
need help.

AVG Spam filter software seems to be a culprit recently as well as
making sure you're sending in "plain text" (sometimes the setting is
"buried" as in Outlook Express and hotmail). That's usually the
problem when messages vanish into the ether.

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Yvonne Bowers
Listmom/Boardmom/Webmom
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~yvonne/


On Oct 25, 2008, at 12:01 AM, wrote:

> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:27:50 -0400
> From: "Vickie Gorby" <>
> Subject: [ROOTS-L] G-mail and Hotmail
> To: <>
> Message-ID: <>
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> reply-type=original
>
> I have to get my two cents worth in here. I find that VERY hard to
> do on the
> two e-mail accounts. Some of the mailing lists never do send me a
> welcome
> message. I have "requested" several times to certain lists and,
> nothing....So what about that? I am on a sattelite and it is not
> easy to
> attempt to belong to any list. I still belong to some of them, but
> like I
> said some of them never work.
> Vickie
>

This thread:

• [ROOTS-L] G-mail and Hotmail by "Vickie Gorby" <>
  • Re: [ROOTS-L] G-mail and Hotmail by "Drew Smith" <>
  • Re: [ROOTS-L] G-mail and Hotmail by

  • Re: [ROOTS-L] G-mail and Hotmail by Yvonne Bowers <>