On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:24:17 GMT, Liz_in_Calgary wrote: > Or you can set the yes/no archive bit on your newsreader to > no (or yes) as the case may be and it wont be archived - at > least google groups doesn't archive my messages. The only drawback to the no-archive bit is that messages so designated aren't propogated to the Rootsweb lists. Alt.genealogy is gatewayed to Rootsweb. -- http://home.comcast.net/~webact1/Collingridge/