One more thing Folks ~ Besides an Oops ! Nelson was really Ross . . . <g> Until this glitch with the gateway messages from the Message Board is fixed . . . If you happen to respond to those messages here on the List . . . The person who posted the message on the Message Board might not necessarily be a subscriber of this List . . . and there for would not see your reply here on the List . . . Postings here on the List are NOT gateway back to the Message Board(s) . . . <g> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.clark has (7435) messages posted http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.clarke has (989) messages posted http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.clark-clarke has (67) messages posted ************************************* a dweller on the path by the hedge ! ************************************* your friend in Christ; Ken Hedgpeth ~ Arcadia, CA © joeken not int'l. 1999, 2000, 2001 and its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Kenny Hedgpeth wrote: > Greetings Folks ~ > > this one doesn't really fit into the problem we have from time to time of > individual posts directly to the List . . . please read on <g> > > We are going to see more and more of these types of post . . . I have received > a message from Nelson [the original poster of "Yes, they are!", where he > explained that his reply was to a message on the NEW message boards [which are > gatway to the List] . . . So until Rootsweb/Ancestry get around to fixing the > glitch of this option . . . there will be no way visually to really tell that > the message did in fact come from the Message Board . . . > > The way I understand this option is suppose to work is, there is suppose to be > a line indicating that the message was resent by "gateway" and also there is > suppose to be a URL link to access that message on the Message Board . . . <g> > > Those of you who use Netscape [like me] . . . if you tag on a messages to high > light it, making it the active message you are viewing in the email window > [not opening it completely] then press the [ctrl] key while typing a U . . . > you will be able to see what is referred to as the full header . . . and in > this new window, if the message was from the Message Board . . . you will see > a line of text that says "Sender: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" . . . if that's > not there then the message was a direct post to the List by an individual and > not from the Message Board . . . > > ************************************* > a dweller on the path by the hedge ! > ************************************* > your friend in Christ; > Ken Hedgpeth ~ Arcadia, CA > > © joeken not int'l. 1999, 2000, 2001 and its subsidiaries. All rights > reserved. >