Re: [LegacyUG] Receiving Wrong emails

2007-04-02 Thread Ron Bernier
I have to honestly say, of all the mailing lists that I subscribe to, and there a quite a few, I have never seen any list other than the Legacy have so many people subscribe who have no clue as to what a mailing list is, or even that they are subscribing. I really think Legacy needs to put a new s

Re: [LegacyUG] Receiving Wrong emails

2007-04-02 Thread Winfrey Jim
Well said Ron. In the same vein, it would be great if, when somebody wants off the Legacy list, that many, many people would refrain from sending instructions on how to unsubscribe and let Sherry and company take care of it, or at least, send it privately so we don't have so many meaningle

Re: [LegacyUG] Receiving Wrong emails

2007-04-02 Thread Ronald Whitney
I agree with Ron that Legacy needs a more proactive form of registration such as he suggests. I also feel that those of us on the list should leave the responses to these poor lost souls up to the Legacy staff who monitor the list. I have seen times in the past when the people telling someone ho

Re: [LegacyUG] Receiving Wrong emails

2007-04-02 Thread Mike Fry
Ron Bernier wrote: I have to honestly say, of all the mailing lists that I subscribe to, and there a quite a few, I have never seen any list other than the Legacy have so many people subscribe who have no clue as to what a mailing list is, or even that they are subscribing. I really think Lega

Re: [LegacyUG] Receiving Wrong emails

2007-04-02 Thread David Wilkinson
I've often wondered why Legacy doesn't use Yahoo Groups. I subscribe to other mailing lists via Yahoo Groups and have been very pleased. The user can select whether to receive HTML or plain text, whether to receive individual messages or to receive a digest. If they would rather they can choose

Re: [LegacyUG] Receiving Wrong emails

2007-04-02 Thread alt3921
I for one am glad they don't use Yahoo! After joining a group on Yahoo I started getting all sorts of SPAM emails. David Wilkinson wrote: I've often wondered why Legacy doesn't use Yahoo Groups. I subscribe to other mailing lists via Yahoo Groups and have been very pleased. The user can sele

RE: [LegacyUG] Receiving Wrong emails

2007-04-02 Thread C.G. Ouimet
I agree. This user list is just fine without Yahoo. As was suggested, since some people can't/won't pay attention to what they're signing up for, a 2-step signup process might be useful. C.G. Ouimet Kingston, ON -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On B

[LegacyUG] Receiving rong emails - new twist!

2007-04-02 Thread KENNETH HERMAN
I, too, was bummed out concerning the sometimes vast amount of mail this site generates. There was, however, a post some time ago telling how to direct this mail to a specific folder in your mail program.  You will be able to name the folder any way you wish and even though there is a bunch of inco

[LegacyUG] Downloading US Geo Database

2007-04-02 Thread LOB
Even though I have followed the instructions from the Help menu, I always receive the following message: This Region Database is an old version, etc. There is a newer version, etc. Go to Options -- Customize -- Other and click Database Maintenance. Which is what I tried in the beginning. So

Re: [LegacyUG] Receiving Wrong emails

2007-04-02 Thread Ronald Whitney
This can also be done on Legacy User Group by going to http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ You don't even have to log on to read the messages. I always check it out when I am not subscribed to the group. Ron W. If they would rather > they can choose to receive

RE: [LegacyUG] Receiving rong emails - new twist!

2007-04-02 Thread Sherry/Support
It can be found in the archives. How to create a folder and set the "rules" or "filters" to filter incoming messages will depend on the email program you're using. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are cha

RE: [LegacyUG] Downloading US Geo Database

2007-04-02 Thread Sherry/Support
Lynda, There's no update to the Geo. You may have a corrupted database. I'd suggest going to Options > Customize > Other > Database Maintenance and deleting the existing Geo and starting over. Just follow the steps in the Geo Database Setup window. If you have the CD, you can just copy the geo.g