[or-roots] What I meant by Data Base

[Leslie Chapman]

Jim;

All of our emails/queries/inane babble;  is stored are Or-roots, as far as I
know, you can access this info by googling it and will be led directly to
whatever google points you to, but it USED to be that google would point you
there, but when you actually tried to access it you were informed that in
order to receive that information you were required to become a member of
the list. I guess that was to try and keep out spammers or some such, anyway
I am pretty sure that was the way it was when I signed on. As I say I am
pretty sure that isn't required now, but since I am a member I can't prove
it.

Anywy that was why a lot of folks ended up on the list, they were trying to
get some info and didn't understand that what they were signing up for
included having to put up with us gabby OR-roots genealogist untill they
unsubscribed. I didn't look at the "wrong way to unsubscribe" page that
close but suspect somewhere it probably still says that. The disadvantage of
the database is that any time somebody send and email with html in it, the
database stores that as text, so if you get something you may have to wade
through a lot of chaff to find the message. I was going to google some of
the stuff we have been talking lately for an example, but can't come up with
a search that gets me there???

Will be posting one thing I stumbled across in seperate post, be prepared
for flogging of dead horse.

Les c


  Hi Les
  My curiosity was piqued by your words "in order to access the database".
I'm obviously missing something.  What data base?
          Jim Brewer

  >
  > If I remember correctly in order to access the database you used to have
to
  > sign up for the list, and I think some folks assume that is stll the
case
  > when they find items listed there while searching,or maybe not. Anyway I
get
  > the impression a lot of folks sign up for very limited purpose and don't
  > take kindly to the loose rules we live by.
  >
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