David many of us would not have a clue how to filter such messages if our email programme is that sophisticated. This string is a classic example it came from Richard Oliver - and that could be anyone really title was simply Old dead nun I nearly would have deleted without opening in case it was a dangerous or silly joke if I had not seen later replies on the same subject from people that regularly advise starting with FreeBmd and then something else would be a great help even if the quick view subject is truncated regards Colin > Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:43:24 +0100 > Subject: Re: Old dead nun.... > From: david.mayall@googlemail.com > To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com > > This is something that comes up from time to time. > > Yes, we could (potentially) add a "list tag" such as [FREEBMD] to every post > that comes via the list, but this means that the actual subjects of messages > become harder to read. > > Messages that come via the list contain a whole variety of headers that > identify them as being from the list, and which you can use to filter the > messages from FreeBMD into a separate folder that will prove them not to be > spam. > > > On 18 July 2011 15:05, Janet Harding <jmharding@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > > When I received these e-mails I thought they were junk mail as there was no > > indication they were from FreeBMD - can you make this clear please! > > > > Janet Harding > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: freebmd-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com > > [mailto:freebmd-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kate Rimmer > > Sent: 18 July 2011 08:38 > > To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: Old dead nun.... > > > > Her death is also listed under the names Barbara Symons and Sister M. B. > > Symons. > > > > Kate Rimmer. > > > > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > > FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > > FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > Dave Mayall > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

And I second that. I deleted the first message. Only after subsequent posts did I assume they were via FreeBMD. Margaret. ________________________________ From: Colin Izzard <poafhpocdi@msn.com> To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, 18 July 2011, 19:23 Subject: RE: Old dead nun.... David many of us would not have a clue how to filter such messages if our email programme is that sophisticated. This string is a classic example it came from Richard Oliver - and that could be anyone really title was simply Old dead nun I nearly would have deleted without opening in case it was a dangerous or silly joke if I had not seen later replies on the same subject from people that regularly advise starting with FreeBmd and then something else would be a great help even if the quick view subject is truncated regards Colin > Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:43:24 +0100 > Subject: Re: Old dead nun.... > From: david.mayall@googlemail.com > To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com > > This is something that comes up from time to time. > > Yes, we could (potentially) add a "list tag" such as [FREEBMD] to every post > that comes via the list, but this means that the actual subjects of messages > become harder to read. > > Messages that come via the list contain a whole variety of headers that > identify them as being from the list, and which you can use to filter the > messages from FreeBMD into a separate folder that will prove them not to be > spam. > > > On 18 July 2011 15:05, Janet Harding <jmharding@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > > When I received these e-mails I thought they were junk mail as there was no > > indication they were from FreeBMD - can you make this clear please! > > > > Janet Harding > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: freebmd-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com > > [mailto:freebmd-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kate Rimmer > > Sent: 18 July 2011 08:38 > > To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: Old dead nun.... > > > > Her death is also listed under the names Barbara Symons and Sister M. B. > > Symons. > > > > Kate Rimmer. > > > > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > > FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > > FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > Dave Mayall > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message                         FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message