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GENHUMOR-L
Genealogy & Family Humor
Mail-List
A Mail-List for the discussion of Genealogy & Family Humor is now
available. This is NOT a general humor mail list. It is "restricted" to
humor concerning genealogy & family life and is for the enjoyment of age groups 10 to
100+. This is not a monitored list, BUT, you are
responsible for not going too far off-subject.
LIST POLICIES
"KEEP IT CLEAN"....... You abuse it,
you lose it!!
A lot of
jokes/humor can be "cleaned up" for presentation on this list and still be
humorous.
If your post is
"questionable" send it to me first and I will decide if it should be forwarded.
NO FLAMES: Send all
comments (good or bad) to . Sending comments to the list concerning your
approval or disapproval of postings offered "could" be grounds for your
suspension or removal from the list. FLAME WARS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!!
While race, religion, sex & politics are a
part of everyday life, no "bashing" of any is allowed. This
is a very "touchy" area, please be VERY respectful of those that may
not have the same beliefs as yourself.
ANY posting of ....off subject topics "may" lead to a timed suspension or
removal from this mail-list. This is a "genealogy & family humor" list....
not a place for posting general humor or genealogical materials, requests, links or
announcements. There are other lists for such postings.
See: http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/
. For a complete listing of internet genealogy mailing lists, check out: http://users.aol.com/johnf14246/gen_mail.html .
As Listowner, I reserve the right
to remove any subscriber, for any reason, that I determine as detrimental to the purpose
and spirit of this list!
DO NOT SEND
attachments, virus warnings, chain letters, etc. to this list.
Learn to use your "delete" button.
There will be postings that not everyone finds humorous. Delete them and move on. If you
find this list does not fit your needs, just unsubscribe yourself, without comments to the
list.
NEW: Your messages will be rejected
by the Rootsweb Mail-list software, if SmartList detects any file
attachments (including VCARDS), HTML messages and enriched text postings. See Below:
If you can agree to abide by the
aforementioned policies and guidelines we would love to have you join in! If you cannot,
then perhaps another humor list would better fit your needs and ours.
ENJOY!!
Remember, if you send your message to GenHumor-L@rootsweb.com, it will go to
everyone on the list. If you stay on-subject then most of your responses should of
interest to the whole list. But, you can keep personal responses... Personal, by
replying only to the sender.
Since there is sometimes confusion as to which
e-mail address to send "SUBSCRIBE" & "UNSUBSCRIBE" information to
and sometimes the copy of the List Welcome Letter gets lost, I will try to make
it as easy as possible. I will leave this page in place. You can even save a copy of this
whole page to a folder on your hard disk and send messages through your browser.
If you are familiar with subscribing and
unsubscribing to Mailing Lists, you may skip down
to be bottom of this page.
Would you like to "subscribe" to GENHUMOR-L now ??
If, YES, .......first, please remember to turn off all signatures, tag-lines, etc. If
you are required to put something in the "Subject" area then just put a ( . ) period.
Have you turned off your signature, taglines, etc.
??
If, YES, then just click here and type only the word... subscribe ... in the body/text area of the
message. Don't type your name or anything else in the body/text area.
Your subscribe message will be sent to: GENHUMOR-L-request@rootsweb.com
These same steps apply to all other
commands.
GENHUMOR-L
Mail List for Genealogy & Family
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If you have any problems using any of the above commands, not
receiving your messages, etc. first check the Bulletin
Board below, then please send me an
PLEASE NOTE:
- Be sure to include your name
and email address in the signature or text of each message.
It's a good habit for all Email.
- If you are going to change ISP's or E-mail
addresses, always remember to UNSUB from all "LISTS"
before you change. You cannot "UNSUB" from the new address. After your change is
completed, then Re-SUB to the LISTS'.
Please feel free to make respectful comments, suggestions &
ideas to make the GENHUMOR-L list better and more useful for everyone BUT send them only
to:
Reminder: DO NOT send virus warnings, chain letters, general announcments,
attachments, etc. to the list. If you think something might be important enough for
everyone to know, then send it to me and I will decide if it needs to be forwarded to the
list. The only FLAMES allowed
around here are from a warm, cozy fireplace or the hot sun. If you receive any
"flame," I want you for forward a copy to me and please do not respond to it. I
will take care of any problems. Let's all have fun, make new friends, find new relatives
and enjoy this wonderful media.
DATE: 6/27/98
---- Effective immediately, SmartList (our list server) will begin to reject
messages all mail sent to all Mail Lists on RootsWeb servers back to the poster **** IF
**** SmartList detects any file attachments (including VCARDS), HTML messages and enriched
text postings.
To ensure your messages reach the lists, please do the following:
1. Make sure you do not post anything in HTML
if you are using Netscape Communicator Mail, you change this by clicking.......
"Edit"
"Preferences"
"Mail & Groups Messages"
"More Options".....third window, select text only* if you
are using Netscape Navigator, no change should be required
* if you are using any other mail reader, contact your service provider for assistance
* if you are using a WEBTV interface, don't use the signatures encouraged by WEBTV for
messages to the lists
on rootsweb - they are in HTML & will be rejected by our list server.
2. Don't attach any messages or
forward messages to the list
Instead do a "reply to" & change the "To" address to the list
address - make sure the "forwarded" messages
are on topic for the surname.
REMEMBER: no chain letters, virus warnings, etcetera & so
on...If you are unsure send a message to the list
sponsor & ask.
3. Never attach a GEDCOM to your message -
we have a size limit on messages that go through SmartList. Instead, get a free website at
http://www.geocities.com, http://www.angelfire.com, http://www.tripod.com, or any other of a number of free
website hosts...... Convert your GedCom to HTML using a conversion tool like.... Gendex's
Ged2HTML (http://www.gendex.com/ged2html/),
GedPage http://www.frontiernet.net/~rjacob/gedpage.htm
or others listed at Cyndi's List http://www.CyndisList.com/software.htm
(BTW, everyone doing genealogy online should know about Cyndi's list at http://www.CyndisList.com
bookmarked
- it's a great resource!)
Then after you have your info online, send the URL to the list.
And lastly, let us encourage you to join rootsweb & support them
financially.
The folks running this service put out thousands of dollars into it from their own pockets
both in labor & hardware/software upgrades - if you appreciate the service from
rootsweb, let it show by becoming a subscriber.
Instructions for subscribing can be found at http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html
- membership is about $1/month. (note from LeAnne: I pay Ancestry.com $4.95/month for my
subscription & get a lot more use out of rootsweb for my $24 list sponsor level
membership.)
BTW, if there is not already a mailing list for your surnames of interest, you can sponsor
up to two lists if you are a member at the $24 level. |
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