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
Missing Rootsweb mailing list post?
There is a way to retrieve these.
(I keep two of each digest in the respective folder so that when the next one comes in I know whether there is any missing because of those digest numbers.)
First, if you are subscribed in the List Mode then you will need to unsubscribe and subscribe in the Digest Mode.
The address is: (Insert list name)-D-request(a)rootsweb.com
Don't forget to unsubscribe from the list mode first The address is: (Insert list name)-L-request(a)rootsweb.com (All posts to the list are contained in the body of one email that is numbered. )
If the numbers don't correspond then you send for the archive that is missing. You can only obtain the archived digest if you are subscribed in the digest mode.
To obtain the archived digest send an email to: (Insert list name)-D-request(a)rootsweb.com in the subject line type ONLY the word archive in the body of the email type ONLY the following ... get volume04/*** (replace the *** with the number of the digest that you want) There is NO SPACE between the word volume and the 03. (The 04 signifies the year 2004.)
Bright Blessings
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Family history researchers, who are often addicted to their daily
"fix" of mail from their favorite RootsWeb lists, began sending e-mails
to their lists in an attempt to ascertain whether or not the lists were
working, for some, alarm set in.
Don't panic if RootsWeb's list mail doesn't appear to be reaching your
mailbox as it normally should. Instead, do the following:
1. Check the HelpDesk's yellow announcement box for news of any
technical problems at RootsWeb or with your ISP's delivery of list mail
from RootsWeb. http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/
or click on HELP tab at the top of any RootsWeb page.
2. Check your currently subscribed lists here:
http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/
or click on the PASSWORDS tab at the top of any RootsWeb page.
3. Check the threaded mailing list archives to view the current
month/year messages for your lists at:
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/
4. Contact the list administrator for help or information by writing to:
LISTNAME-admin(a)rootsweb.com (replace the word LISTNAME with the actual
name of the list -- using no -L or -D). NOTE: If there is a general
problem involving RootsWeb mail delivery to a specific ISP and the list
administrator to whom you are writing also uses the same ISP, he/she
probably will not receive your inquiry for the duration of the problem
with that ISP.
5. Contact your ISP's tech support representative and explain that
RootsWeb list mail is not spam and this is e-mail you wish to receive.
Enlist the support of your ISP in resolving the matter. Internet Service
Providers should be more than willing to assist you -- their paying
customer -- so that you are able to receive the mail you want.
Here is what NOT to do if you suspect you are not receiving your mailing
list messages:
1. Do not send repeated messages to the list asking if the list is
working or if anyone has received your message.
2. Do not send any "TESTING" messages to a list.
Remember that just because you are not receiving a message you have sent
to the list doesn't mean that other list subscribers are not seeing your
repeated messages and becoming annoyed by them. The mailing lists are
for genealogical research for a specific subject and not for test
messages. Use the above guidelines instead to help resolve any non-
receipt of mail problems.
You will find guidelines concerning non-receipt of RootsWeb list mail in
a recent issue of the RootsWeb Review. You might want to print out this
information and save for handy reference.
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/20040107.txt
Permission to reprint articles from RootsWeb Review is granted unless
specifically stated otherwise, provided: (1) the reprint is used for
non-commercial, educational purposes; and (2) the following notice
appears at the end of the article: Previously published in RootsWeb
Review: Vol. 7, No. 5, 4 February 2004.
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1a. Mailing Lists: A Peek Behind the Scenes
Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes when you subscribe to a
RootsWeb mailing list?
RootsWeb mailing lists use a mailing list software program called
SmartList, which has been customized by RootsWeb developers to meet the
specific demands of RootsWeb's system. SmartList actually lives up to
its name most of the time and handles the vast majority of list
functions automatically without a hitch -- subscription and
unsubscription requests, mailing list messages, and correspondence
intended for the list administrator.
The process of mail handling at RootsWeb begins with you sending an e-
mail to an address associated with a mailing list. Your e-mail arrives
at RootsWeb's mail hub where it is sent on to a list server, much in the
same way that post offices sort incoming mail and deliver it to its
intended destination. When you first join (subscribe to) a mailing list,
you receive a confirmation message letting you know you are subscribed
and giving you information about the list -- how to post a message and
how to unsubscribe. Then from that point on you receive all messages
sent to the list by other list members. You can merely read those
messages and lurk or reply to them. You also can post queries and get
responses from others.
When a list subscriber's e-mail becomes invalid -- permanently or
temporarily -- SmartList sends the resulting bounce notices to the list
administrator for review. When you e-mail in your subscribe and
unsubscribe requests, the welcome and goodbye letters you receive as a
confirmation are handled automatically. Although the text of those
messages is often customized by the list administrator to fit the needs
of the specific list, the messages are sent out in an automated process
by SmartList. SmartList is even capable of generating a "Help" message
for you, if it doesn't understand what to do with a message you send.
RootsWeb has more than one list server to house its more than 28,000
lists. A server is much like a regular computer processing unit, but is
configured to handle an incoming and outgoing traffic load on a
continuous 24/7 basis. A list server is a server dedicated to the
processing of list mail.
At present RootsWeb has three main list servers -- lists5, lists2, and
lists8. The latter is the new server, established recently to take some
of the load off of the overburdened lists2 server. When you address your
messages to a list you don't need to know on which server the list to
which you are writing resides because the mail hub will know where to
send your message automatically.
So, why would you even care on which list server your favorite mailing
lists are located? Most of the time you don't need to know, but there
are rare occasions when that information can be useful, such as:
--If a list server is ever having problems or is down for service, you
will know whether your subscribed lists are affected.
--Occasionally an ISP (Internet Service Provider) will mistakenly block
mail coming from RootsWeb lists as being spam, usually due to the volume
of mail received from RootsWeb. When this happens, it is important for
you to be able to determine whether all list mail is being blocked or
just mail from one list server, so that you can file an informative
complaint report with your ISP and have the matter corrected.
If you suspect that you are not receiving mail from some of your lists,
the first thing to do always is check the yellow HelpDesk announcement
box at http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ to see if there are technical
problems associated with a specific server on which the lists in
question reside.
By opening the full headers of any mailing list message you can see a
header field that tells you the list server name. To learn how to expand
the headers in most popular e-mail programs, go to
http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/listadmins/headersfull.html
So, while most of the time it isn't necessary to know about all that is
going on in the background involving RootsWeb mailing lists, it can be
fun to understand a bit about the process. Moreover, in certain
instances such knowledge can splash some light on a murky situation.
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REPRINTS. Permission to reprint articles from RootsWeb Review is granted
unless specifically stated otherwise, provided: (1) the reprint is used
for non-commercial, educational purposes; and (2) the following notice
appears at the end of the article: Previously published in RootsWeb
Review: 4 August 2004, Vol. 7, No. 31.
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