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
Everyone,
RootsWeb is preparing to migrate all mailing lists to a new and updated list
management system over the next couple of weeks, 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
AOL users, 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.
For list subscribers, the changeover should be smooth. However there
is one significant change you should be aware of. The new management system
treats both the digest ("-D") and regular delivery ("-L") lists as a single
list with two delivery options-digest or regular.
This means that the "-L" or "-D" is dropped from the list name within
the system.You can choose to drop the "-L" or "-D" in the list email address
when sending messages to the list.
Your current subscriptions will be migrated over so if you are
currently subscribed to the digest, you will continue to be subscribed to
the digest.
You will no longer be able
to receive both the digest and the regular delivery ("-L") versions of
the list at the same email address. If you are currently subscribed to both
"-L" and "-D" with the same address, you will only continue to be subscribed
to regular delivery when the list is migrated. You will need to subscribe to
the list digest with a different address.
Other changes you might notice include:
- Changes to the layout, volume and issue numbers of the digests.
- New "welcome" and "goodbye" and other messages.
- New message footers.
- The "from" email will be different (no "-L") so some messages may be
sent to your "junk" folder.
For those of you that filter your mail, you need to adjust your filters.
Please report anything unusual or confusing that you find during this
transition period to me at margaret.teat2(a)verizon.net.
If you do not find mail in your mailbox over the next couple of weeks...
check the archives. As mentioned in the beginning, there may be some issues
with ISPs while the migration of ALL 30,000+ lists occurs.
It may be necessary for you to resubscribe. I will not be aware of any
"issues" until your address bounces off the list. And from what I have
observed so far, I will not be able to pinpoint why it may have.
Digest subscribers -- I expect that I will hear from some of you as
the way you receive your digest may appear differently.... I have a
fix for it.... just email me.
There should be no interruption in the flow of your mail. You may not even
notice the change when it occurs. I will be notified in the same manner that
Admins are notified of receipt of a newly established list and will
need to rebuild our Welcome Message, etc.
Eventually, there will be a website you can go to to more proactively
manage your mail and even have the option to turn mail off when you go on
vacation rather than unsubscribe! The drawback is that you will have to
remember to turn it back on!
Keep an eye on the Help Desk page to see if there are any notices that
may affect your experience in the next few weeks.
Post away! Don't be shy! We need the mail to be generated to ensure
all is going as planned.
Thanks All,
Derrell Oakley Teat