Michael, I feel it's better to at least include the email that you are replying to, I usually copy and paste just that, none of the other junk that's there [such as email addresses etc]........I do suggest that you just read the email at the top of the message and don't read further. There is only informative things being passed along, so it's not a waste of time and space for the most part. I would suggest that it might be better, if you subject changes to leave the subject line as it was only putting in a / Noah Hayden, if that's what your email pertains to, that would be helpful to others as to whether they really even wanted to open that email or not. Enough said from me. My line is that of John Hayden m. Susanna Pullen as well, you can check my Hayden direct line out on my website listed below....... N.J.Skinner White :) ........................original message............................. Dear Hayden List: I'm thinking now that some of you are just hitting "reply" from an existing message instead of composing a brand-new e.mail message, and that is the reason that all the prior text from endless prior e.mails keeps coming through. Some of you may have your e.mail programs set up to include the original message, which is often useful, but when it results in this endless rehashing of the same messages (plus all the endless instructions on how to subscribe and unsubscribe repeated ad nauseum -- sheesh!) it just gets so freakin' tedious that I'm about to disembark from this list. Does anyone else feel this way? Sincerely, Michael S. Caldwell N.J.Skinner White : vwhite0901@aol.com _My Family Tree Page_ (http://hometown.aol.com/vwhite0901/myhomepage/heritage.html) & _My Family and more_ (http://hometown.aol.com/vwhite0901/myhomepage/family.html) "Remember the days of old; consider the generations long past." (Deuteronomy 32:7a) ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.