ok that brings up another question. Lets say you have a line of posts the main and then 5 replies. Onlong the way the subject line is changed but still deals with the main post. Should all the replies be labled as the main Ex. John On 7/23/06, rwlistsboards@comcast.net <rwlistsboards@comcast.net> wrote: > > JYoung6180@aol.com wrote: > > > I'm must more in favor of just adding a bit to a poster's > > unclear or too general subject than I am for > > changing it completely or shortening it. > > I almost never change or edit a poster's subject on a new message, > but I do edit the subject of subsequent replies to fit the content. > For instance, some folks like to list all the surnames in a > subject, and often the replies it receives pertain to only one or > some of those surnames. About 99% of the time, the poster doesn't > edit the subject and leaves all of those surnames in the subject > field of their reply. I will remove the extraneous surnames, since > they have nothing to do with the message content and will only > generate false matches for someone using the search engine. > > Marie > > > > ==== BOARDS-ADMINS Mailing List ==== > If you want off this list, click this link: > mailto:BOARDS-ADMINS-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >

Sorry hit send by accident on this one. for example. John Q. Public born in Savannah, Ga the next two replies are RE: John Q. Public born in Savvannah, Ga but then someone changes it to INformation to family in Savannah < should this be RE: John Q. Public born in Savannah. Ga Should all the replies. be off the main. to mirror the first one. as the second and third are? so all the subject lines of the replies are the same? Hope I didn't get anyone cnfused on that.