Hey, everybody! I agree about keeping the brackets in the subject line. Also... it would be great if we could all keep Cod's suggestion in mind about snipping the original message from your replies to the list, except for whatever little bit has motivated you to answer. It gets so confusing to see the whole conversation over and over again appended to everyone's replies. Thanks! Diane (see how I do it below....): ---- [email protected] wrote: > > 1.When replying to messages, please take a moment to edit the body of > previous message?s text included in your reply. There are times when people > have been hitting reply with ?include text of previous message? selected in > their e-mail program and by the time the thread is 5 posts old we have > thousands of lines of text going back and forth. Taking a moment to edit it > will make it all easier to read > <snip>

Hi Diane Yup it takes abit of practice. Used to do it without thinking then got out of the habit. Without it the immediate message can become impossible to find in plain text! Cod Also when posting about a particular person..... we need certain information to be helpful: Name, approx date, probable location, a few known relatives, The subject line might look like this: "John Smith, Antigua, 1684 that's it for most of you this is old stuff. I am going to revise the Welcome message to include the "Resources" page which will have a very basic Introduction to Carib Gen and a selection of good "Starting" links. No need to redo what Lynch, Mitchell, and others have done so well. -----Original Message----- On Behalf Of Diane Ingino Hey, everybody! I agree about keeping the brackets in the subject line. Also... it would be great if we could all keep Cod's suggestion in mind about snipping the original message _____ I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 27 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try SPAMfighter <http://www.spamfighter.com/len> for free now!