Beginning March 2nd, 2020 the Mailing Lists functionality on RootsWeb will be discontinued. Users will no longer be able to send outgoing emails or accept incoming emails. Additionally, administration tools will no longer be available to list administrators and mailing lists will be put into an archival state.
Administrators may save the emails in their list prior to March 2nd. After that, mailing list archives will remain available and searchable on RootsWeb
From time to time, we List Administrators have problems with
subscribers to our Lists whose email server is AOL. This note
is sent to explain the problem and to attempt to help AOL users
correctly configure their email settings.
The AOL mail system uses both a "Black List" and a "White
List". The Black List contains those email addresses that the
user does NOT want to receive email from; the White List
contains those email addresses that the user DOES want to
receive email from.
The problem with AOL's system is that if a user puts, for
example, the address johnqpublic(a)whatever.com in his/her
Black List, and JohnQPublic is a subscriber to a Mailing List
at Rootsweb, then AOL, for some reason, rejects all email
from the List.
If you're an AOL user, PLEASE make sure you don't
"Blacklist" any List subscribers, AND make sure you
have put the email address of the Mailing List(s) in your
"White List".
Thanks,
Sarge
Just for information for those of you who use BellSouth as your
Internet Service Provider (ISP). Since the "merger" of BellSouth
and AT&T, there have been problems for a lot of users getting
their emails from Rootsweb.
The folks at Rootsweb haven't yet figured out what is wrong
that is causing BellSouth to not accept emails from Rootsweb.
Users have been "bounced" for about a week and a half now;
some have re-subscribed, only to be "bounced" once again. So,
if you're a BellSouth user, be advised that if you stop receiving
posts to any Rootsweb Lists, you may have been bounced. The
best thing to do is to contact the various List Administrators
and have them check to see if you're still subscribed.
I know it is kind of silly for me to speak to you about this
problem, since if you have been un-subscribed, you won't
see this; but... some are still subscribed and this is for them
in case they, too, get "bounced".
You can always reach the Admin of a List by sending an email
to: LISTNAME-admin(a)rootsweb.com. In case you do send
email to Admins and you don't get a reply, try sending to the
personal address of the Admin. My address can be found in
the From: header of these emails, and below.
Regards,
Sarge
GermannaResearch(a)rootsweb.com