In a message dated 11/17/2006 1:39:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, hesler@bellsouth.net writes: Joan, Then the only way to get around that is to close the gateway. The list then will miss some very good genealogical information. I get too many complaints from list members to not be able to control "thank yous" and "me toos." Regards, Tom Hesler Tom- Opening or closing the gateway is your choice--but what you cannot do (according to staff posts on the listowners list) is have the list and board gatewayed and then not make full use of the gateway--unless there is a specific problem poster(s) or spammer. Joan