In a message dated 8/22/2006 10:14:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, Pppolly5@aol.com writes: My questions are: 1 - Am I correct in continuing to remove these message board posts since they are off-topic? It's generating some angry private emails. 2 - Does anyone know how this issue (responding to gatewayed message board posts) will be addressed under the new board system? I realize the new board system will go live soon, but I don't think I can put up with this much longer! I'm to the point where I'm seriously considering closing the gateway and giving up the board & list. Thank-you for your help and advice. Take care, Tracy Tracy- You are correct in removing off-topic posts from the board. How the new boards will handle this is that the poster's email address will no longer be included in the gatewayed list post so there will be NO possibility of the list person replying by private email to the poster. He will either click the link and reply on the board as he is supposed to do or he will reply on the list only and the board poster will never see the response. There won't be any middle ground. So better education of list posters is definitely needed. Joan

How about just trash the whole system - they are doing a fine job of beginning it. I wont like the gate ways open any more then - Also will make up a list of boards to let go of. To many things are being disabled - Dan M ----- Original Message ----- From: <JYoung6180@aol.com> To: <BOARDS-ADMINS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 7:20 PM Subject: Re: [BAd] Off-Topic Posts > > In a message dated 8/22/2006 10:14:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, > Pppolly5@aol.com writes: > > My questions are: > > 1 - Am I correct in continuing to remove these message board posts since > they > are off-topic? It's generating some angry private emails. > > 2 - Does anyone know how this issue (responding to gatewayed message board > posts) will be addressed under the new board system? > > I realize the new board system will go live soon, but I don't think I can > put > up with this much longer! I'm to the point where I'm seriously considering > closing the gateway and giving up the board & list. > > Thank-you for your help and advice. > > Take care, > Tracy > > > > Tracy- > > You are correct in removing off-topic posts from the board. How the new > boards will handle this is that the poster's email address will no longer be > included in the gatewayed list post so there will be NO possibility of the list > person replying by private email to the poster. He will either click the > link and reply on the board as he is supposed to do or he will reply on the list > only and the board poster will never see the response. There won't be any > middle ground. So better education of list posters is definitely needed. > > Joan > > ------------------------------- > 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