Joan and Lynne Thank you for your help. I can't spell, it turns out. I own the Snowden board and list - with an E - not Snowdon - with an O. I've been dumping all the messages in one file and not noticing the spelling difference between Snowdon and Snowden. I'm not going to bother you with the message headers until I watch it some more. I am subbed to both lists and they are both gatewayed with the message boards, so it may be that I'm the one getting two messages, or it may be that the poster is posting separately to the board and the list or maybe she's posting to both boards. I put in for adoption of the Snowdon board and have already received confirmation of ownership. In fact, I received the same message six times. Seems to be my week for duplicates. The list has an admin already. I should probably look for Snowdin... Diane Diane Hettrick [email protected] On Mar 13, 2008, at 5:54 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Diane- > > Are you SURE that the entire list is receiving duplicates of the > gateway posts or could it just be you? I ask because the most common > cause of dupes is filters set in the recipient's email program. If > you could show us BOTH copies of the SAME message complete with full > expanded headers it would help us to figure out why you received the > dupes. > > I checked the list archives for March and I find only one copy of each > gatewayed post in the archives--but that, in and of itself, doesn't > prove anything because only one message with the same message ID > will be placed in the archives. So if two messages have the same > message ID only one will be archived anyway. > > Joan > ------------- > I have the Snowdon board and list and they are gatewayed. Two copies > of each board message are coming to the list. I checked the board > and it looks quite normal. > > I know this was discussed before - is this something I just wait out > - or should I be reporting it to help desk? > > Diane > > Diane Hettrick > [email protected] >

The feature worked on one of my boards this morning but when I went back to check on the other boards and looked at the first one that it worked on again, it no longer worked. <Sigh> Marilyn **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001)

In a message dated 3/13/2008 12:55:48 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: When your mouse pointer is over a surname (or something they think is a surname), and the annoying little box comes up with links to more info -- in the bottom right corner you can click on "turn off links." Warning: it only works for that visit to the boards. When you leave the boards and then go back, you'll have to turn them off again. Nan ---------------- I have almost 100 boards and so far the feature only shows up on one. The announcement was either made before the changes were all in place or else there's a bug in it already, which is par for the course. JMHO, Lou **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001)

No. I believe that this is another "BUG" on the boards and God knows it is all too important to implement "NEW" and "IMPROVED" features before TESTING. and FIXING bugs that have been around for more than a year since the new boards were brought online. I am very unimpressed with the way things have gone since TGN bought the "business". If anyone has looked at amy of the umpteen pages on Rootsweb, there have been hardly ANY corrections to old links, FAQ's, etc. That is how NOT to run a company. Since Rootsweb is the free part, their website is BADLY neglected. So why should any of the rest of their business be any better? On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Diane Hettrick <[email protected]> wrote: > Is your browser or virus protection blocking pop-ups? > > Diane Hettrick > [email protected] > > > > On Mar 13, 2008, at 10:12 AM, Kathie Harrison wrote: > > > Nan, I still do not get any pop-up box since they made this change and > > there is no link for me to turn off. I think there is a new bug with > > this feature. I have tried in admin and user mode and still only see > > the underlines on surnames and holding the cursor over this does > > nothing. I can click on the link and it takes me to the Ancestry page > > for that name. Nothing else. > > > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 11:54 AM, Nan L Starjak <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> When your mouse pointer is over a surname (or something they think is > >> a surname), and the annoying little box comes up with links to more > >> info -- in the bottom right corner you can click on "turn off > >> links." > >> > >> Warning: it only works for that visit to the boards. When you leave > >> the boards and then go back, you'll have to turn them off again. > >> > >> Nan > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Take care, Kathie Harrison NE-GEN-SOCIETIES List Admin http://whispers.ancestralwhispers.com/ne-gen-societies/index.htm

A bug? On the boards? Can it be? ;-) Nan -----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >Sent: Mar 13, 2008 12:47 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [BAd] Message board links >---------------- >I have almost 100 boards and so far the feature only shows up on one. > >The announcement was either made before the changes were all in place or >else there's a >bug in it already, which is par for the course. > >JMHO, >Lou > > > >**************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & >Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001) > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Where is the pop-up box? I don't see it. Jim -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nan L Starjak Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:25 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [BAd] Message board links It's showing up for me. It's IN the pop-up box. Nan -----Original Message----- >From: Kathie Harrison <[email protected]> >Sent: Mar 13, 2008 10:00 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [BAd] Message board links > >I think they are full of beans. I can't find the link anywhere either. >Glad to know I am not the only one. > >On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 10:42 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Maybe I'm doing something wrong but this "turn off links" link in >> the pop-up box isn't showing on any of my boards. >> > >-- >Take care, Kathie Harrison >NE-GEN-SOCIETIES List Admin >http://whispers.ancestralwhispers.com/ne-gen-societies/index.htm > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Nan, I still do not get any pop-up box since they made this change and there is no link for me to turn off. I think there is a new bug with this feature. I have tried in admin and user mode and still only see the underlines on surnames and holding the cursor over this does nothing. I can click on the link and it takes me to the Ancestry page for that name. Nothing else. On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 11:54 AM, Nan L Starjak <[email protected]> wrote: > When your mouse pointer is over a surname (or something they think is a surname), and the annoying little box comes up with links to more info -- in the bottom right corner you can click on "turn off links." > > Warning: it only works for that visit to the boards. When you leave the boards and then go back, you'll have to turn them off again. > > Nan > > -----Original Message----- > >From: Jim Jackson <[email protected]> > >Sent: Mar 13, 2008 11:33 AM > >To: 'Nan L Starjak' <[email protected]>, [email protected] > >Subject: RE: [BAd] Message board links > > > >Where is the pop-up box? I don't see it. > > > >Jim > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [email protected] > >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nan L Starjak > >Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:25 AM > >To: [email protected]; [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [BAd] Message board links > > > > > >It's showing up for me. It's IN the pop-up box. > > > >Nan > > > >-----Original Message----- > >>From: Kathie Harrison <[email protected]> > >>Sent: Mar 13, 2008 10:00 AM > >>To: [email protected] > >>Subject: Re: [BAd] Message board links > >> > >>I think they are full of beans. I can't find the link anywhere either. > >>Glad to know I am not the only one. > >> > >>On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 10:42 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> Maybe I'm doing something wrong but this "turn off links" link in > >>> the pop-up box isn't showing on any of my boards. > >>> > >> > >>-- > >>Take care, Kathie Harrison > >>NE-GEN-SOCIETIES List Admin > >>http://whispers.ancestralwhispers.com/ne-gen-societies/index.htm > >> > >>------------------------------- > >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Take care, Kathie Harrison NE-GEN-SOCIETIES List Admin http://whispers.ancestralwhispers.com/ne-gen-societies/index.htm

When your mouse pointer is over a surname (or something they think is a surname), and the annoying little box comes up with links to more info -- in the bottom right corner you can click on "turn off links." Warning: it only works for that visit to the boards. When you leave the boards and then go back, you'll have to turn them off again. Nan -----Original Message----- >From: Jim Jackson <[email protected]> >Sent: Mar 13, 2008 11:33 AM >To: 'Nan L Starjak' <[email protected]>, [email protected] >Subject: RE: [BAd] Message board links > >Where is the pop-up box? I don't see it. > >Jim > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nan L Starjak >Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:25 AM >To: [email protected]; [email protected] >Subject: Re: [BAd] Message board links > > >It's showing up for me. It's IN the pop-up box. > >Nan > >-----Original Message----- >>From: Kathie Harrison <[email protected]> >>Sent: Mar 13, 2008 10:00 AM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Re: [BAd] Message board links >> >>I think they are full of beans. I can't find the link anywhere either. >>Glad to know I am not the only one. >> >>On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 10:42 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Maybe I'm doing something wrong but this "turn off links" link in >>> the pop-up box isn't showing on any of my boards. >>> >> >>-- >>Take care, Kathie Harrison >>NE-GEN-SOCIETIES List Admin >>http://whispers.ancestralwhispers.com/ne-gen-societies/index.htm >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

[email protected] wrote: > >Maybe I'm doing something wrong but this "turn off links" link in the >pop-up box isn't showing >on any of my boards. > I looked both in admin mode and message board mode and I don't see it, either. Perhaps it's hiding! Lynne

Another so-called "improvement" in the message board saga? What next :-( Sigh~ Marilyn G. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [BAd] Message board links > > In a message dated 3/13/2008 12:55:48 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > <snip>> > Warning: it only works for that visit to the boards. When you leave the > boards and then go back, you'll have to turn them off again. > > Nan >

In a message dated 3/13/2008 9:35:03 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: The newest improvement that we made today is the addition of a new > link in the pop-up box that says “turn off links.” This will turn off > all of the automatic links in message board posts for the full > duration of your visit to the message boards. For anyone frustrated by > these links, we hope that this helps improve your experience on the > message boards. -------------------------- Maybe I'm doing something wrong but this "turn off links" link in the pop-up box isn't showing on any of my boards. **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001)

Is your browser or virus protection blocking pop-ups? Diane Hettrick [email protected] On Mar 13, 2008, at 10:12 AM, Kathie Harrison wrote: > Nan, I still do not get any pop-up box since they made this change and > there is no link for me to turn off. I think there is a new bug with > this feature. I have tried in admin and user mode and still only see > the underlines on surnames and holding the cursor over this does > nothing. I can click on the link and it takes me to the Ancestry page > for that name. Nothing else. > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 11:54 AM, Nan L Starjak <[email protected]> > wrote: >> When your mouse pointer is over a surname (or something they think is >> a surname), and the annoying little box comes up with links to more >> info -- in the bottom right corner you can click on "turn off >> links." >> >> Warning: it only works for that visit to the boards. When you leave >> the boards and then go back, you'll have to turn them off again. >> >> Nan

It's showing up for me. It's IN the pop-up box. Nan -----Original Message----- >From: Kathie Harrison <[email protected]> >Sent: Mar 13, 2008 10:00 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [BAd] Message board links > >I think they are full of beans. I can't find the link anywhere either. >Glad to know I am not the only one. > >On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 10:42 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Maybe I'm doing something wrong but this "turn off links" link in the >> pop-up box isn't showing >> on any of my boards. >> > >-- >Take care, Kathie Harrison >NE-GEN-SOCIETIES List Admin >http://whispers.ancestralwhispers.com/ne-gen-societies/index.htm > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I think they are full of beans. I can't find the link anywhere either. Glad to know I am not the only one. On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 10:42 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Maybe I'm doing something wrong but this "turn off links" link in the > pop-up box isn't showing > on any of my boards. > -- Take care, Kathie Harrison NE-GEN-SOCIETIES List Admin http://whispers.ancestralwhispers.com/ne-gen-societies/index.htm

In case you haven't seen it, there's a new message, "Improvements to the Message Board Links," at <http://boards.ancestry.com/adminnews/21/mb.ashx> stating > a significant number of people are finding value in the links and > taking advantage of them I'm trying to suppress my huge eyeroll at that. ;-) Fortunately, the announcement also says > The newest improvement that we made today is the addition of a new > link in the pop-up box that says “turn off links.” This will turn off > all of the automatic links in message board posts for the full > duration of your visit to the message boards. For anyone frustrated by > these links, we hope that this helps improve your experience on the > message boards. Lynne

Hi Diane You wrote: >I have the Snowdon board and list and they are gatewayed. <snip> > There's a "Volunteer to Admin" notice on the SNOWDON board. Could it be the SNOWDEN board? Lynne

Diane- Are you SURE that the entire list is receiving duplicates of the gateway posts or could it just be you? I ask because the most common cause of dupes is filters set in the recipient's email program. If you could show us BOTH copies of the SAME message complete with full expanded headers it would help us to figure out why you received the dupes. I checked the list archives for March and I find only one copy of each gatewayed post in the archives--but that, in and of itself, doesn't prove anything because only one message with the same message ID will be placed in the archives. So if two messages have the same message ID only one will be archived anyway. Joan ------------- I have the Snowdon board and list and they are gatewayed. Two copies of each board message are coming to the list. I checked the board and it looks quite normal. I know this was discussed before - is this something I just wait out - or should I be reporting it to help desk? Diane Diane Hettrick [email protected] **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001)

I have the Snowdon board and list and they are gatewayed. Two copies of each board message are coming to the list. I checked the board and it looks quite normal. I know this was discussed before - is this something I just wait out - or should I be reporting it to help desk? Diane Diane Hettrick [email protected]

One more "voice" on this issue? So, architectural in nature... I'd still say LEAVE them because individual hands built each -- whether my, yours or someone else's gr-gr-gr-gr grandfather (or uncle). I post old location photos and do "walking" descriptions inside and out for any location I have personally seen. People love it. I happen to have the ONLY known photo of a church MANY of my ancestors built abt. 1860. By many, I mean the families of L-A-N-E, A-N-T-H-O-N-Y (both my 4th & 5th gr-gr grands), plus about 20 related families. Luckily, the church their fathers built in ca. 1832 still stands and last year, *I* got to sit on the original benches all members had used since that time. (how cool) It still has it's original outhouse (unused) and a porta potty nearby (still no indoor plumbing). I can't tell you how thrilled I felt to see and touch the walls "my" family built. Of course, I skipped visiting the outhouse-- a 2 seater. So... even "architecture" adds to family history--- if it's your family's woodworker, carpenter, mason, etc. who built the place. Judy On 3/7/08, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I looked back at my post and realized I didn't put the reason for the > objection. > > I got the same reason that Nan did: << that these messages were > off-topic > because they're architectural, not genealogy, >> > > Marilyn

I can agree with that. I wouldn't mind having a picture of the one-roomer my GM taught in for a couple years; I do have a class photo, but it doesn't show the building itself. For that matter I wouldn't object to having a photo of the school I first attended ... by the time I was in 2nd grade they had closed it and opened the new building. It may not be "genealogy" but it sure would count as "family history". Cheryl Dr. Nancy wrote: > Seems to me it's a sad loss of information to delete those posts. You > never know what else Aaron may know about the schools and their people. > I have a friend who is quite knowledgeable about one room schoolhouses > in our area. It's amazing what else she knows about the people and > communities connected to those buildings. > > I don't understand what the objection is. FWIW, a dissertation or > thesis is not a venture for profit! > > Nancy > > > --- "David E. Cann" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>Kathie, >> >>Because I read the posts before I removed them, and as I indicated in >>my > -- There should be no attachments on this message, unless I specifically mentioned them above.