Dear All: As many of you have noticed, there is a new influx of postings from the Affiliated message board. These posting are now always identified as coming from the Message board The posts on the message boards and posts to the mailing lists are somewhat different. On the Message boards the initial inquiry comes in ,usually with some detail. The follow on threads then are brief and to the point. Sometimes only a cryptic sentence or two. Since the full thread is easily visible, there is no need to repeat all the details, dates, locations, etc. Each post on the the mailing lists is very complete with dates, locations, names etc. This allows each post to stand on it's own for understanding the content. The new top header was a compromise to satisfy a group that was protesting that it wasn't obvious that these other messages were, in fact, coming over from the message boards. So Rootsweb came up with that format and suddenly there it was. I think most list admins all thought it was the answer to the previous protests over the lack of identity of gatewayed messages. There are also numerous suggestions and many recommendations on the various lists about getting the "gateway" message size reduced and less intrusive. Like so many times in life we go from one extreme to the other; so we went from no notice of a gatewayed message to one taking up 50% of the message body :-) However, a couple of suggestions and options for those of you that don't like the board postings. The messages from the gateway always have the "from" address [email protected] Merely add the above address to the filters in your email program. Then ALL messages from ALL message boards will be taken out...right now! Hope this helps clarify the situation and provides some relief. BTW: Some will see this message coming from the gateway, since I'm posting it there as well. Best Regards John A Hansen [email protected] List Admin