Hello Joe, There was something very odd happening at Rootsweb a while ago, and some of us on another list noticed that our messages weren't getting to the archive. I think they were updating some software at the time. It may be an idea to ask the rootsweb helpdesk. Viv From: "Joe Taylor" <[email protected]> Re: > Subject: [WOR] James Nott & Grace Grave > From: [email protected] (I have snipped this address) > Date: 06/08/2007 22:16 > To: [email protected] > > Hello list > > Back in August a message was posted to this list (details above), to > which I was just about to send a reply. I thought I'd better check the > archives to see if there had been any other replies in the meantime. > > However, the original message is not in the archive. I have searched all > sorts of different ways, but I'm sure it really isn't there. > > I saved it on my computer at the time, so I know I didn't dream it, and > I have all the details of time, sender etc. (I do not receive in digest > mode on this list) > > How can this happen? Can some messages get missed from the archive? Can > a message be deleted by the sender, or by someone else? If a person > subsequently unsubscribes, are their previous message then deleted? >