At 10:39 AM 10/11/2004 -0400, LyndaCGKyCol@aol.com wrote: >In a message dated 10/11/2004 10:30:39 AM Eastern Standard Time, >njadams@cinci.rr.com writes: > > > Lynda, > > It's in the way the list is set up. Right now, the list is set to reply > > "only to the sender"...unless you click on Reply to All. When you do > this, > > the recipient gets two copies, one privately and one from the list. If > > you remove the person's personal address from the addresses, they only get > > one copy, that one from the list. > > > > The list manager (me) can change the way replies go. If the majority > > wants them to go directly to the poster, that's the way it's set. If you > > all want me to change it to go only to the list, I can do that, > > too. Rootsweb's recommendation is that it go only to the poster. (we > > don't have to accept that recommendation though) > > > > Norma > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >Thanks Norma, > > I was glad you explained this. Sounds like Rootsweb wants to lose >business. haha I've seen alot of lists that "seemed" so dead, so this >might be why >they appear that way. > >I also belong to the Franklin Co list and the subject line doesn't even >mention Franklin County. No telln' how many of those I've deleted because >I thought >maybe it was spam. > >Lynda Lynda, Some lists just work better when the reply goes only to the poster. I can't say which is better. It's just a half dozen of one and 6 of the other. Or, the other way around! <G> The list mgr. can add the list name prepend to the subject lines too. Norma The list manager can also put the prepend into the subject line. Some do, some don't. I prefer to see which list I'm getting.