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Welcome Letter Revised February 17, 2001 **Please save a copy of this message for future reference. The list administrator is Lynn Dever, ldever@ksni.net RootsWeb is the host for the mailing list. A. QUICK INSTRUCTIONS FOR GETTING STARTED B. PURPOSE OF THE LITTLER MAILING LIST C. TWO VERSIONS TO CHOOSE FROM D. E-MAIL ADDRESSES TO USE E. SENDING COMMANDS TO SMARTLIST & ROOTSWEB (i.e.) subscribe, unsubscribe, etc. F. CHANGING TO NOMAIL MODE G. MESSAGE FORMAT, SUBJECT LINES, AND ATTACHMENTS H. A FEW SIMPLE RULES I. HELPFUL WEB SITES FOR MAILING LISTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A. QUICK INSTRUCTIONS FOR GETTING STARTED To subscribe, send an e-mail message to: LITTLER-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) LITTLER-D-request@rootsweb.com (for a digest of multiple messages) In the body include only one word: subscribe (Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command) To unsubscribe, send an e-mail message to: LITTLER-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) LITTLER-D-request@rootsweb.com (for a digest of multiple messages) In the body include only one word: unsubscribe (Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command) To post messages to everyone on the list: LITTLER-L@rootsweb.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ B. PURPOSE OF THE LITTLER MAILING LIST The LITTLER-L Mailing List is an e-mail list for genealogical research of the Littler family including but not limited to the spellings of Littler, Litler, Lytler, and Lytlor in any place and at any time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ C. TWO VERSIONS TO CHOOSE FROM: LITTLER-L is for individual messages to be delivered to your e-mail address. As each subscriber to the list sends messages to the list address, you will receive a copy of the message. To subscribe send an e-mail message to: LITTLER-L-request@rootsweb.com with one word in the body of the message: subscribe LITTLER-D is for a digest of several accumulated messages to be delivered to your email address. As each subscriber to the list sends messages to the list address, they are put into a digest to be delivered later. The digest is generated approximately once a day and delivered to digest subscribers. This option is handy for people who don't want multiple messages to accumulate in their mail box. To subscribe send an email message to: LITTLER-D-request@rootsweb.com with one word in the body of the message: subscribe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ D. E-MAIL ADDRESSES TO USE: There are two separate e-mail addresses to use in order to participate in this list: To send MESSAGES to ALL subscribers on either version of the list use: LITTLER-L@rootsweb.com To send COMMANDS to the computer & SmartList software that runs this list use: LITTLER-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) LITTLER-D-request@rootsweb.com (for a digest of multiple messages) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ E. SENDING COMMANDS TO SMARTLIST & ROOTSWEB: To subscribe, unsubscribe or make other changes to your mailing list subscription, you will send "commands" to the computer & the SmartList software on RootsWeb. LITTLER-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) LITTLER-D-request@rootsweb.com (for a digest of multiple messages) To manage your subscription, send an e-mail message to the address above and use any of the following commands, typed within the body of your e-mail message. Type ONLY one of the commands as it is shown below. Do not add any extra words or lines of text: subscribe unsubscribe get welcome.txt (**When using the "get" command, be sure to include one word in the subject line: archive ) Do NOT use a signature file attached to the e-mail message. The software reads your message and tries to answer each command it finds. When it runs across your signature file it gets a bit confused and will send you a message stating something like 'Do not recognize command 'Jones'. Do not recognize command "Smith", etc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ F. CHANGING TO NOMAIL MODE There is no formal NOMAIL mode. All you have to do is follow the directions above and unsubscribe when you want the messages to stop, and then when you want them to start again, simply subscribe again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ G. MESSAGE FORMAT, SUBJECT LINES, AND ATTACHMENTS Please submit messages only in plain text (no HTML or Rich Text), and don't submit attachments. Many of our subscribers are using software that cannot read attachments. Please, always use a helpful subject line like "John LITTLER d. 1800 in Virginia", rather than a generic one like "inquiry about my family line." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ H. A FEW SIMPLE RULES You knew they had to be here! Please do not submit virus alerts, chain letters, or other off-topic material to the list. Don't send copies of copyrighted material. Vulgarity and personal attacks on other list members are also unwelcome. Don't send messages exceeding 8 kilobytes in length. If someone else violates these rules, please do not send their message back to this list! That just magnifies the problem, and defeats our anti-spam defenses at Rootsweb. Contact me personally at ldever@ksni.net. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I. HELPFUL WEB SITES FOR MAILING LISTS: Genealogy Resources on the Internet: Mailing Lists http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html User Mailing Lists Hosted by RootsWeb http://lists.rootsweb.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I would like to extend a personal welcome to you. I am glad to have you on the Littler Mailing List and wish you good luck in your research. Have Fun! Lynn Dever, LITTLER Surname Mailing List Administrator LITTLER-admin@lists2.rootsweb.com ldever@ksni.net The Littler Surname Page Send your questions or comments to ldever@ksni.net |