Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents 5. Using the PHIFER mailing list   5.1 How do I post to the list? Mail sent to phifer-l@rootsweb.com is delivered to all the subscribers on the PHIFER-L and PHIFER-D lists. 5.2 Where can I read the old messages to the PHIFER mailing list? Use a web browser to open the location: http://rampages.onramp.net/~lcompton/phifer/index.html And follow the links to the archives. The mailing list owner tries to update the archives towards the beginning of each month. If you don't see last month's archives, pester the list owner. 5.3 How do I send a query? Send mail to phifer-l@rootsweb.com, make sure you have a reasonable subject line (e.g. "Claudius PHIFER, Orange Co, NC") and provide enough information that someone can be of help. Be sure to include your return email address and your real name. Some mailers don't properly display a return email address, so this is very important. Also including your real name is just a nice thing to do. No one likes chatting with someone known only as "SAMJ46198@AOL.COM" or "71234.987@compuserve.com" 5.4 When should I reply to the entire mailing list and when should I reply to just the individual? There are no hard and fast rules, but generally speaking, if you think your reply would be of help to someone else on the list, then post it to the entire list. Otherwise, just send it to the original person. If you pose a question and get quite a lot of private feedback, you may want to send a message to the list with a summary of the information. 5.5 What can/should I send to the list? Anything that is related to genealogy *and* the PHIFER surname is fair game. NOTE: Short one-time commercial messages advertising services or products are allowed if they are of particular interest to the group. But please, no email spamming. Don't post large messages. Don't post binary files (ie: MS Word files, zip files, etc) or any type of attachments Don't post flames (please use person-to-person mail for personal attacks :-) Don't post copy-written material unless you own the copyright or the copyright allows for redistribution. 5.6 How do I get the more recent version of the FAQ? Via the Web Visit the URL: http://rampages.onramp.net/~lcompton/phifer/index.html This FAQ is also available in simple ASCII text -- http://rampages.onramp.net/~lcompton/phifer/PHIFER.txt 5.7 How do I search the mailing list archives? All the email messages that have been posted to PHIFER-L since its transition to rootsweb.com (October 1998) are available for review. Search the Phifer archives.