This is how you get the entire message by using the address reply to author. There is a way to reply to author and deleting the previous messages but I dont seem to know how to do that. It is a nucisance though. Ellen Byrne -----Original Message----- From: UPB@My-Email.co.uk <UPB@My-Email.co.uk> To: FIANNA-L@rootsweb.com <FIANNA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, June 08, 1998 4:47 AM Subject: [FIANNA-L] General enquiry. :When one is replying to a question I can understand the :necessity for reference to be made to the question. : :However, is it absolutely necessary for 'original :messages' to be repeated in full? Surely a simple cross :reference to the specific message number should be all :that is required. Latterly, I seem to be spending more :time reading and deleting 'original messages' than I do :in reading new submissions. : :To use Fianna Digest, Vol 98, Issue 121 as an example: by :deleting the 'original messages', I reduced the overall :size of the newsletter from 17792 bytes to less than 5600 :bytes - an appreciable saving of disk space. : :As I firmly believe that the content of our Newsletter :should be mainly genealogical,I have no wish to see the :next few Newsletters full of responses to the above :comments. However, should anyone wish to respond, I :should be quite happy for them to do so direct to my own :e-mail address. I would be interested to see if anyone :else shares my feelings. : :Regards to all. : :Peter J Browne :>From the old (and wet) seaside resort of Southport, UK. : : :==== FIANNA Mailing List ==== :The Fianna, where St Patricks's Day is EVERYDAY! :http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/ ***Award Winner*** :http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/4404/ :Need some help getting started with irc (INTERNET RELAY CHAT)? :Try: http://cust2.iamerica.net/pscobb/index.htm :Please turn off your Stationery, Backrounds & HTML! :Messages to list in plain text only! : : :