BTVRETC-L Mailing List

BTRVETC-L Mailing List


What the List Is

This is a list for anyone who is researching the surnames Burnett, Turner, Ross, and Via, as well as other families from Southwestern Virginia. It has replaced the old "Burnett-Turner-Ross-Via-Etc/Etc Mailing List" which was maintained by Nyla CREED DePauk at NCreed1@aol.com.


How to Get On or Off the List

The following instructions tell you how to get on and off the list. (If you have Netscape set up for email, the message should pop up automatically with the correct Subject and your correct email address.)

There are two versions of BTRVETC-L:

The first is the regular version, which emails messages out to subscribers one at a time. This lets you read them "as they happen".

The other is the digest version, which is really one large message composed of the regular list messages. The digest message is sent out every three days or sooner, depending on how active the list is. They are usually no larger than about 30K.

No matter which version of the list you choose, the mailing address for posts is the same: BTRVETC-L@genealogy.org. You must be a list subscriber to post to the list.

(There are aliases for genealogy.org which will work as well: emcee.com, and genealogy.emcee.com.)


Getting on or off the Regular List

To subscribe to BTRVETC-L and receive individual posts from the list, send an email as follows:

To : BTRVETC-L-request@genealogy.org
Subject : SUBSCRIBE
Message : (none needed unless required by your email program)
**** Note: if you are using the web to subscribe, you must make sure the subject is correct, and that the email address in your browser is valid.
To unsubscribe from BTRVETC-L, send the following message:

To : BTRVETC-L-request@genealogy.org
Subject: UNSUBSCRIBE
No message is needed. Please note that you must use the same email address to unsubscribe that you used to subscribe.

Getting on or off the Digest

To subscribe to BTRVETC-D and receive messages bundled together into a Digest, send an email as follows:

To : BTRVETC-D-request@genealogy.org
Subject : SUBSCRIBE
Message : (none needed unless required by your email program)
To unsubscribe from BTRVETC-D, send the following message:

To : BTRVETC-D-request@genealogy.org
Subject: UNSUBSCRIBE
No message is needed. Please note that you must use the same email address to unsubscribe that you used to subscribe.
To post to the folks on the list, send your messages to BTRVETC-L@genealogy.org.

When you subscribe, you should receive back a message from the list software telling you that you've been added. Along with that message you will receive the Welcome message. If you do not receive this message, then something has happened along the way, most likely a bounced message. Please contact the listowner, Chris Gaunt at cgaunt@umich.edu if you do not receive a confirmation/Welcome message.

When you unsubscribe, you should receive back a message telling you that you've been removed from the list. Do be aware that Internet email does not travel in a straight line, but sometimes takes the "scenic route." Consequently, you may receive emails from the list even after you are unsubscribed. These emails probably left the server at Genealogy Online before your unsubscribe message reached it, but for some reason are taking longer to get to your site than the unsubscribe notification.


Server Commands and Message Archives

Our list runs on Smartlist, which is very different from other list software in that it REQUIRES a subject. The subject is the command it looks for: subscribe, unsubscribe, archive, etc. One of these must be in the Subject for the software to understand what you want.

Commands are sent to: BTRVETC-L-request@genealogy.org or to: BTRVETC-D-request@genealogy.org.


To the "Burnett/Turner/Ross/Via/Etc homepage"

Last update: March 7, 1998 by Chris Gaunt, cgaunt@umich.edu.