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From: Al Sinclair <>
Subject: [NJHUNTER-L] Message from List Owner
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 11:54:44 -0500

In the past week, there have been a number of messages sent to the
Hunterdon County mail list there were rejected by RootsWeb. These
messages were rejected because they contain either HTML instructions or
non ascii characters.

Rootsweb, which hosts the Hunterdon County mail list, instituted this
policy because of the problems that accompany these fancy mail formats.
Some people don't have mail programs that are capable of processing the
special file formats. Even among those who do, different mail programs
handle these special formats in very different and confusing ways. HTML
messages pose special problems to the digested mailing lists. Most of
all, HTML-ified mail and attachments place a considerable burden on
RootsWeb's overworked machines. All in all, mail in this format
produces a lot of problems for RootsWeb's servers and subscribers,
so we find it's best just to use plain text.

Please make sure you turn off "Post in HTML" if your mail package
supports this feature. You can find instructions on how to this at
http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/listowners/html-off.htm for most of the
popular mail programs, or ask your ISP's technical support line for
help.

Thanks for you help,

Al Sinclair
List Owner

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