From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon Feb 6 13:22:14 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k16KMEE0028884; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 13:22:14 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k16KMDF8005467 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 13:22:13 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k16HrpFI013621 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 12:53:51 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k16Hrpnx013620 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 12:53:51 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k16H0sFI013473 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 12:00:54 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k16JT1sI015810 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 12:29:01 -0700 X-Envelope-From: dpointer@comcast.net Mon Feb 6 12:29:01 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k16JT1E0015801 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 12:29:01 -0700 Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net (rwcrmhc12.comcast.net [204.127.192.82]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k16JT0RK008689 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 12:29:01 -0700 Received: from hpdesktop (c-24-99-216-60.hsd1.ga.comcast.net[24.99.216.60]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc12) with SMTP id <20060206192855m12007a46le>; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 19:28:55 +0000 From: "Dave Pointer" To: Subject: RE: [ROOTS-L] GEN-NEWBIE Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 14:28:53 -0500 Message-ID: <000001c62b53$913a6100$6b01a8c0@hpdesktop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2670 In-Reply-To: <718680328.20060206140823@verizon.net> Thread-Index: AcYrURHx3FU0oaJSSZOI8tEOgIGCswAAldSw X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Anyone who has been there knows it goes far beyond that. Genealogy posts (newbie or otherwise) are in the minority. -----Original Message----- From: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com [mailto:roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of ETM Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 2:08 PM To: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] GEN-NEWBIE The list is for "For Internet and genealogy newbies". John's list at http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_info.html provides the following information: "GEN-NEWBIE-L (assistance to people new to computers and genealogy)" which links you to "GEN-NEWBIE-L. A mailing list where people who are new to computers and genealogy may interact using a computer's email program. It's like a bouncing ball, with someone asking a question and others suggesting answers, or asking more questions. The list discusses genealogy, family history, computer applications, and a wide variety of other topics with a goal of assisting anyone who wants "community coaching" about the Internet, genealogy, computers, or whatever. To subscribe send the following to gen-newbie-l-request@rootsweb.com: subscribe" All newcomers to computers and genealogy are welcome. Elaine > .... my experience there says that it has been > opened up to all computer newbies and many other > non-genealogy subjects.