I'd have to disagree with this to a point. I had a post that went on for 3 lines, something like this: SUBJECT: John Smith, born 1845 in SC,married Jane Doe born 1850 in SC, moved to NC in 1868, VA 1880, KY 1882 with 5 children; their son James is my g-g-grandfather b. 1875 NC Then in the body of the message they repeated all of the exact SAME data from the subject line and then listed the names and birthplaces and dates of the 5 children, along with "Looking for anyone else searching this line." The subject line was too cumbersome so I changed it to: John SMITH b. 1845 SC; wife Jane DOE b. 1850 SC Aren't we supposed to simplify the subject line, up to a point, so that it's more eye-catching? Marilyn ---------------original message--------------- In a message dated 7/22/2006 9:53:45 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, JYoung6180@aol.com writes: An admin should be very very careful about changing subject lines. Especially in a case like this where you are implying that the subject line WAS explanatory in relation to the text of the message.

Marilyn, I do, but you will get disagreements here on that subject. Particularly when the subject line is so long and is also repeated in the message body. The same applies to entering numerous surnames in the surname field with no regard to the fact they do not appear in the message body either. David E. Cann decann@infionline.net davidecann@gmail.com (alternate) -----Original Message----- From: Tribehunter@aol.com [mailto:Tribehunter@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 10:14 AM To: BOARDS-ADMINS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BAd] Help Question I'd have to disagree with this to a point. I had a post that went on for 3 lines, something like this: SUBJECT: John Smith, born 1845 in SC,married Jane Doe born 1850 in SC, moved to NC in 1868, VA 1880, KY 1882 with 5 children; their son James is my g-g-grandfather b. 1875 NC Then in the body of the message they repeated all of the exact SAME data from the subject line and then listed the names and birthplaces and dates of the 5 children, along with "Looking for anyone else searching this line." The subject line was too cumbersome so I changed it to: John SMITH b. 1845 SC; wife Jane DOE b. 1850 SC Aren't we supposed to simplify the subject line, up to a point, so that it's more eye-catching? Marilyn ---------------original message--------------- In a message dated 7/22/2006 9:53:45 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, JYoung6180@aol.com writes: An admin should be very very careful about changing subject lines. Especially in a case like this where you are implying that the subject line WAS explanatory in relation to the text of the message.