ADMIN: More eGroups change information

["Dave Swingle" <dswingle@xxxx>]

As I mentioned this morning, eGroups has made a few changes in how the list
functions. Here are a few of the high points that we've discovered through
the day.

--The web interface is somewhat easier to use once you get the hang of it.
The Vault (now called "Files" and all of its contents are still there. If
you've never seen this you really ought to log in.
http://www.egroups.com/group/dmcnews. This is also where you can change
youself to digest /realtime/vacation modes. Or unsubscribe. Or read the back
issues.

--We no longer have the ability to reject messages. If a Moderator rejects a
message, it just gets deleted. Maybe that's good, i.e. no more "feeling of
rejection". This may change, but it seems to be how it functions now. It
also means that moderators can't comment directly into rejections.

--Any attachments will be stripped off the incoming email. This has two
impacts:

1. The archives will be a lot cleaner. No HTML gibberish (I hope).

2. If you are using an email program, such as Netscape, that codes your mail
into an HTML attachment and does not sent the text in line, the moderator
will get a BLANK posting that will go right into the bit bucket. If you are
doing this YOU NEED TO TURN IT OFF. A set of directions are located at
http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/listowners/html-off.htm It's not difficult.
Please check your emailer if you are not sure. An added benefit is that your
mailing time will speed up - text messages are a lot shorter to send than a
bunch of formatted and decorated stuff that no one can see anyway.

Thanks for your patience - this kind of caught us by surprise.

Dave for the Moderators.