The new RootsWeb mailing list system (Mailman) has gone into effect and will be continuing
for the next couple of weeks, staggered alphabetically according to the following
schedule:
Thursday, August 17 - Lists A-C
Monday, August 21 - Lists D-F
Tuesday, August 22 - Lists G-I
Wednesday, August 23 - Lists J-L
Thursday, August 24 - Lists M-O
Monday, August 28 - Lists P-R
Tuesday, August 29 - Lists S-U
Wednesday, August 30 - Lists V-Z
You may check this link for any changes to the timetable:
http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/migrate_sched.html
While the "migration" of the lists to a new server should process uneventfully
for list members, there are a few points that need to be covered:
1. AOL users (and possibly some other ISPs), please check your spam folders, and, if you
find list mail held as spam, you will need to be sure to click the *THIS IS NOT SPAM*
link to send the list mail to your current mailbox. This will "train" the
system to understand that mail from this new server is not spam.
2. If you are subscribed to both L & D mail modes of this list, the new system is not
set up to send both to the same email address. If you want to be subscribed in both modes
(many subscribe to both -- regular mail mode to read and delete and digest to file and
save), it will be necessary to use another email address for your digest mail. It is my
understanding that if you are subscribed to the list in both mail modes with the same
address, you will be dropped from the digest list roster, so if this happens to you,
please resubscribe with another address (Yahoo might be a good choice for an alternate
email address). This will not effect those who subscribe in either of the mail modes
exclusively.
3. If you want to post from more then one account, just send me the addresses of the
extra accounts and I will add them to the Accept List. This means you can *post* from
any of those accounts, while *receiving* the list mail from the one you originally used to
subscribe. This feature is handy if you want to post from work but would prefer not to
receive RootsWeb mail at your place of business.
4. The list's email address will change from CARLOCK-L(a)rootsweb.com to
CARLOCK(a)rootsweb.com. However, both addresses will apparently work. SUBSCRIBE and
UNSUBSCRIBE messages *must* contain the word "subscribe" or
"unsubscribe" in the SUBJECT of the message (vice message body, as in the
past).
5. In the event you receive an unsubscribe notice and believe it to be in error, please
contact me privately at CARLOCK-admin(a)rootsweb.com and I'll correct the problem.
6. Digest subscribers may notice some changes to the list digests. New instructions will
be added to the digests -- please read them. In addition, the digest volume and issue
number may be different (out of sequence) from what you had been receiving. If your
digests arrive in a different format than you are used to and you would like it changed,
contact me privately at the list admin address: CARLOCK-admin(a)rootsweb.com.
7. If you use email headers to filter list mail to special folders, you will probably
need to tweak your filters once the new system begins.
8. If you run into any unusual or confusing occurrences with mail from this list that
could possibly be related to the changeover, let me know.
Susan Cearlock Tilleman
List Administrator