Good points, Pat! I especially appreciate the mail-lists because my email comes in everyday whereas I only log onto the web once every 1 or 2 weeks. Of course, there should be more when I eventually got there, but then it would take that much more time to go through queries and/or discussion lists. Guess there's no easy way. R ************************************* At 06:50 PM 11/8/97 -0500, you wrote: >I am a newbie to this list. I don't even know if it is a private list or not, >so maybe my comments will not seem important. Please don't jump down my >throat, this is only an opinion. BUT---- > >Why would we continue to have a discussion list, if these messages would be >possible to access by non-subscribers? What's the point? > >I listown 8 lists- 4 are surname lists, and 4 are county lists. and they are >all private. I made them private to eliminate the spamming and advertising, >and also this is the way the subscribers wanted it. One of my lists can only >be subbed through me. > >It's not just a Yes or No question! Copyright does come into it, and also >hoarders. > >My county lists work in conjunction with the USGENWEB county pages. So a >short blurb is on the page about us. I also am listed on Genealogy Resources >on the Net and at Rootsweb. and then once every two months, I go to >Genealogy Forum and get into the State lists, and advertise some more. > >My surname lists range from 35 subscribers to 190. My county lists are >smaller, and that's okay too. > >Well just my opinion.-- Hope to see more ideas on this subject. > >Pat Hall- Listowner of Rhea, Stitt, Craig, Kincaid, ILMorgan, MOCASS, >MOBATES, and KSMIAMI all at ROOTSWEB > > >