In a message dated 9/14/2005 6:00:15 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Please explain just how you plan to moderate the list, if in > fact that becomes necessary. > Hi Marlene, As a list owner there are various tools available that I hope never have to be used. I think we're too much family to resort to moderation. Moderation is a tool where the posts of one or more persons or the posts of the entire list are received by the list owner and the list owner passes on the posts that are chosen to be passed on. Many lists have a whole lists of rules and if those rules are broken then the list owner can monitor or moderate the posts. Some are terribly strict and it's up to the person who sets up the list. Here's exactly what it say in the listowner tools on Rootsweb: "Set to moderated/restricted posting? If the list is moderated, then only people on the accept list will be permitted to post. Mail from other people will bounce to you, the administrator, and it will say {not a subscriber} even if they are subscribers. This can be an effective way to deal with a list in crisis. It would be expected that this setting would be used sparingly and only for limited periods. I think everything has been said through this crisis and it has been aired out and we can move on. I don't intend to moderate the list because I don't think it will be necessary. What usually causes moderation are "flame wars." This one hasn't turned into a flame war, it's just a family argument with two sides strongly voicing their opinions and I consider it to be over. Thanks, Sandra