Yes, joining the mailing list will allow your board posts pass onto the list without issue providing you have joined the list prior to posting to the board. If not you will need to wait for the list admin to approve your post. I have noticed that some list admins are not approving message board posts but are rejecting them stating that the board poster must join the list. This has happened to me. I did consider reporting this to the help desk as I believe that these admins need to be instructed to approve gateway messages and not confuse board users with the need to subscribe to the mailing list. -- But I didn't do that. I guess it depends on how peeved this issue makes you. <grin> At the moment, gateway messages require list admin approval. This has to do with the list migrations and is only temporary. The mailing lists staff will fix it so that gateway messages once again will flow to mailing lists without admin intervention. I am told that it should be resolved by the end of September. Sincerely, Joan Asche On 9/16/06, Peter McCrae <peter@peter-mccrae.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter McCrae" <peter@peter-mccrae.freeserve.co.uk> > To: <board-admins@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 1:51 PM > Subject: Board via gateway to list > > > > Should postings left on a > >> board that has a gateway to a list, go straight > >> through to the list? > > > > Yesterday I was given > >> 6 boards to administer, I put welcome messages on the boards > >> but they would not go through to the list until > >> I subscribed to the list, I am not admin to any > >> of the lists involved. > > I have 2 more boards to-day which will not go through and at the moment , > > I have not subscribed > > the notice remains on my computer. > > > > For those who can sort this, the lists are MCNEESE and MCCOURT. > > > > To repeat if I subscribe then they will go through. > > > > Peter McCrae > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Joan Asche wrote: ><snip> I have noticed that some list admins are not approving message board >posts but are rejecting them stating that the board poster must join >the list. This has happened to me. > >I did consider reporting this to the help desk as I believe that these >admins need to be instructed to approve gateway messages and not >confuse board users with the need to subscribe to the mailing list. -- >But I didn't do that. I guess it depends on how peeved this issue >makes you. <grin> <snip> > Hi Joan I think you really ought to report this to Help Desk, not to get any list admins in trouble, but to make sure they understand how the gateways work and to make sure no one is put off from posting to the boards. Best wishes, Lynne

I really didn't do because the lists were still being migrated and I didn't think the staff needed any more communications from me as I have contacted them a lot over the past couple of weeks. <AHHHHH> If I come across another one I would must like report it. J. Asche On 9/16/06, lklein@mindspring.com <lklein@mindspring.com> wrote: > Joan Asche wrote: > > ><snip> I have noticed that some list admins are not approving message board > >posts but are rejecting them stating that the board poster must join > >the list. This has happened to me. > > > >I did consider reporting this to the help desk as I believe that these > >admins need to be instructed to approve gateway messages and not > >confuse board users with the need to subscribe to the mailing list. -- > >But I didn't do that. I guess it depends on how peeved this issue > >makes you. <grin> <snip> > > > > Hi Joan > > I think you really ought to report this to Help Desk, not to get any > list admins in trouble, but to make sure they understand how the > gateways work and to make sure no one is put off from posting to the boards. > > > Best wishes, > Lynne > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >