Email Discussion Group Instructions
Use the Correct Email Address
We have three distinct email addresses.
Please be careful and take note of our various addresses and use them appropriately:
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Request Server:
Use this address only to control your subscription: to subscribe or unsubscribe.
Do not post discussion messages to this address!
This address is an automated system - no actual human will ever read mail sent to this address.
Type commands for the Request Server exactly as shown in the instructions below or else
they will not be understood.
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Discussion List:
Use this address only to post messages to the discussion group.
Sending subscribe/unsubscribe messages to this address will only make everyone chuckle.
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Group Coordinator:
Use this address if you need any other kind of assistance.
Also use this address to contribute genealogy data, and to submit comments or suggestions.
There is a real human at this address (our Senior Executive Vice President in Charge
of Keeping this Group Going), so please be patient if you don't receive a reply right away
(I do occasionally take a vacation).
Subscribing
To subscribe, send an email message as follows:
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Address the email to the
Request Server
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In the body (text) of the message, type this line exactly as shown:
subscribe
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IMPORTANT!
Do not add other text after the subscribe command line! (if your mailer automatically
appends "signature" lines then please turn this off in your email program before sending!!).
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The subject line of the message will be ignored (you may leave it blank).
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Remember that the Request Server is just a computer and won't understand
anything unless typed exactly as shown.
You will receive an automated return email as a confirmation.
Posting Messages to the Group
To post a message to our discussion group, send it to the
Discussion List
Message postings will only be accepted from registered members (there will be no spamming
from advertisers to our group).
Unsubscribing
If you want to unsubscribe (we'll miss you), then send email as follows:
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Address the email to the
Request Server
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In the body (text) of the message, type this line exactly as shown:
unsubscribe
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IMPORTANT!
Do not add other text after the unsubscribe command line! (if your mailer automatically
appends "signature" lines then please turn this off in your email program before sending!!).
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The subject line of the message will be ignored (you may leave it blank).
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Remember that the Request Server is just a computer and won't understand
anything unless typed exactly as shown.
You will receive an automated return email as a confirmation.
Stopping and Starting Mail
If you want to temporarily stop receiving email from our group (have fun on vacation!),
then:
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First unsubscribe, following the Unsubscribe procedure above.
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When you return from your trip to Toledo, you can restart your mail by
re-subscribing - follow the Subscribe procedure above.
If You Change Your Email Address
If you change your email address for some reason then you will no longer be able to post
messages or receive messages from the group.
Only registered members can participate in the group, and your membership is identified by
your email address.
So you should unsubscribe before you terminate your old email account, following the
Unsubscribe procedure above.
When your new email account is active, you can then re-subscribe following
the normal Subscribe procedure above.
If you forget to unsubscribe before terminating your old account (or if you can't for
some reason) then you will be stuck.
The Request Server will not authorize an unsubscribe command coming from anybody else, so it
will be too late to unsubscribe after your old account is terminated.
If this ever happens, your only recourse is to send email explaining the problem to the
Group Coordinator
A real human, with magic powers to fix such problems, will receive this mail and will
take care of things.
Please try to avoid this situation.
Digests
Is is possible to receive digests of discussion list group postings rather than the normal
one-email-per-posting format.
Since our discussion list generally does not have lots of traffic, most people will prefer
the normal email mode.
However if you would prefer Digest Mode then here's how it can be done:
Sorry to confuse things even more, but this involves yet another email address!
Send a "subscribe" command to the
Digest Server:
Use this address only to control your DIGEST subscription: to subscribe or unsubscribe.
Do not post discussion messages to this address!
This address is an automated system - no actual human will ever read mail sent to this address.
Commands for the Digest Server are exactly the same as those used for the Request Server:
"subscribe" or "unsubscribe".
Postings to the group Discussion List are made in exactly the same way regardless of whether
you are subscribed in Digest Mode or not (you will still post group messages to
All postings to the Discussion List are automatically sent to everyone subscribed to either
normal or digest mode (or both if you subscribe both ways!).
To switch between normal and digest modes you must first "unsubscribe" from one and then
"subscribe" to the other.
Contributions
Genealogical data to be added to our database is always welcomed of course.
Contributions of general interest should be addressed to the group
Discussion List
Other members of the group will appreciate being able to share your
contribution.
Contributed data in group message postings will be noted and added to
the database.
If you think it might not be of general interest, or if you're not sure,
then send it to our
Group Coordinator
Click here for more details:
Help - Comments - Suggestions
If you need anything else then send email to the
Group Coordinator
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