Hi guys,
Uhhh...I goofed! When I sent out a message asking for a roll call on my
surname lists, I sent it to all of the lists at once. Now, when anyone hits
reply to all, the message goes to all of the lists. Please double check when
you hit the reply button what goes into the "Send To" field. I'll try not
to
make another mistake.
As you can see from the postings below some folks are really upset for
receiving the extra mail. And, they should be!
Let's please remember that Roll Calls are not welcome on many lists. Our
surname lists have a smaller subscriber base and, of course, we are all
interested in the same surname so it makes sense for a roll call to happen
occassionally.
Again, I am very sorry for the problem. That's what I get for staying up
late and sending out emails when I'm half awake! :)
Thank you,
Tracey
Listowner of GenTips, GenChat, GenHumor, GenSwap, Carrington, Langley,
Converse, Isbell, Cavitt, Mayfield, Rye, McClain, Raburn, Broome, Cobb,
Nesbitt, and Dawson Genealogy Lists
-----Original Message-----
From: Sharon <todt(a)castles.com>
To: Tracey Converse <roots(a)myfamily.org>
Cc: todt(a)sparc1.castles.com <todt(a)sparc1.castles.com>; OhDemBones
<OhDemBones(a)aol.com>
Date: Thursday, December 04, 1997 9:34 PM
Subject: [Fwd: Lists???]
Hi Tracey!
That last 'RollCall' message you posted to ALL your lists has created
major problems. People are hitting "reply all", so for those of us not
at all interested in the other lists - except the one we sub to are
getting all this other mail.
I posted a messsage yesterday to all of them suggesting that people post
their roll call to only the list they are subbed to versus hitting 'reply
all'. Well now I'm getting tons of mail, such as this one thinking I can
do something about this.
You really need to jump in on all this and take care of it - it's a mess.
Thanks so much!
Sharon
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Sharon Todtenbier
Co-owner TheShipsList©
mailto:todt@castles.com
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How do we get it through the heads of those that fill up our mail boxes
with
this Roll Call stuff. We only want the lists we subscribe to. I have
enough
lists coming to my mail box. Do we have to contact AOL like we had to do
for
the Spamming, Porno, problems? I can and will if it continues. I know
about
the lists and people that want then say so. Then why do those who do lists
not just answer the ones that want them. Do we have to contact each one
tomake them understand.? If so I will, maybe when their mail boxes are
cramed
full with it they will get the message. I now just delete roll call and
that
is sad. They fall into the junk mail file.
Karen