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
Hello Everyone:
Please read this notice that is computer generated from Rootsweb to
people on our list who are trying to send an e-mail (with HTML coding in
it) to the list.
"Hi --
The message you submitted to this list wasn't sent to the list
subscribers. RootsWeb accepts only plain text mail. That means that
HTML mail, attachments, ``enriched text'', and a few other formats can't
be sent to RootsWeb mailing lists. You can post your message if you send
it in plain text; turn off the ``Post in HTML'' or ``Enriched Text''
features of your mail reader, or don't use any attachments. See
http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/listowners/html-off.htm for
instructions on turning off HTML in most of the popular mail
programs, or ask your ISP's technical support line for help.
We've had to institute this policy because of the problems that
accompany these fancy mail formats. Some people don't have mail
programs that are capable of processing the special file formats.
Even among those who do, different mail programs handle these
special formats in very different and confusing ways. HTML messages
pose special problems to our digested mailing lists. Most of all,
HTML-ified mail and attachments place a considerable burden on
RootsWeb's overworked machines. All in all, mail in this format
produces a lot of problems for RootsWeb's servers and subscribers,
so we find it's best just to use plain text.
-- The RootsWeb staff"
Brenda Duncan
CLACK List Owner
Hello Everyone:
FYI: Tonight we have 21 CLACK researchers on this list. Since I just
originated this list earlier this year, that is not bad.
Good Luck and Happy Hunting
Brenda Duncan
CLACK List Owner