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5. Using the MOORE-L mailing list

5.1 How do I post to the list?

Mail sent to MOORE-L@rootsweb.com is delivered to all the subscribers on the MOORE-L and MOORE-L-DIGEST lists.

5.2 Where can I read the old MOORE-L messages?

Use a web browser to open the location:

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nozell/gen-nys-l.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 MOORE-L@rootsweb.com, make sure you have a reasonable subject line (e.g. ``Claudius SMITH, Orange Co'') 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 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* New York State 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.

5.6 How do I get the more recent version of the FAQ?

There are two ways go get the latest copy.

Via the Web

Visit the URL:

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nozell/gen-nys-l/FAQ

This FAQ is also available in other formats.

Via email

Send a mail message to MOORE-L-request@rootsweb.com that has a subject line of archive and in the body of the message are just the words ``get MOORE-L.FAQ''.

Every mail client is different, but your message should look something like this: 

    

            To: MOORE-L-request@rootsweb.com
            Subject: archive
            
            get MOORE-L.FAQ

Remember that case is important.

In a few minutes you will get a copy of the FAQ and confirmation of the request.

5.7 How do I search the email archives?

All the email messages that have been posted to MOORE-L since its transition to rootsweb.com (August 1996) are available for review by email. It is also possible to automatically request a copy of the latest and greatest version of the MOORE-L.FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

Every mail client is different, but your message should look something like this: 

    

            To: MOORE-L-request@rootsweb.com
            Subject: archive
            
            ls latest/*
            egrep ^Subject: latest/*
            egrep http latest/*
            get latest/750

Okay, so what does that all mean?

The ``ls'' command will return a directory listing of all the old messages in the latest/ subdirectory where is where all the old email message are kept. The file names are pretty uninteresting, they are simply numbers that correspond to the the order that they arrived.

The first egrep line means ``search all the files in the latest directory for the lines that start with the string Subject:'' You can then request (``get latest/123'') those files that look interesting.

The second egrep line searches all the old messages for the string ``http'' so it should list all the files that contain references to web sites.

The get command means send you the file 750 in the subdirectory latest/. It happens to be a posting of mine about how to use the RSL.

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