Hi Jean The best way to find out if your messages are reaching the list is to look at the list's archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/ENG-MANCHESTER/2011-02 If you've posted a message to the list and it's not in the list's archives, check to make sure that the message was sent in plain text (not MIME or HTML). If the message was sent in MIME or HTML, try sending it again in plain text. If you continue to have problems posting to the list, try sending an on topic message to the list and CC my private address. That way at least I'll get a copy and may be able to suss out the problem. Kind regards, Lynne list admin. lees jean wrote: >Sorry for the test but i am wondering if any of my messages are getting >through to the list > > >Jean in (Birmingham) >