Mailman has a built-in feature that won't send you the list copy of a list message if your address is also included in the TO or CC addresses. So you won't get two copies. I have not commented thus far in this thread and will otherwise keep my mouth shut on this issue other than to say whether an admin prepared FAQ for admins is good bad or indifferent -- I'm a bit against creating any "rules" or even guidelines for admins that doesn't come from RootsWeb staff. It can lead to misunderstandings as to what ROOTSWEB considers appropriate and what a volunteer admin construes the rules to be. I'd prefer (personally) to see us stick with advice on a "need to know" basis on this list and the Newbie Listowner list where everyone realizes the forums are for admins helping admins and where every admin has a chance to comment. Joan In a message dated 12/18/2011 7:09:48 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, gnphllps@comcast.net writes: Use Reply ALL, instead of Reply. That way you can simply delete the email address you don't want or leave them as I have done which will result in you getting the message twice, usually. Sometimes it doesn't work that way. Gene

My page is not a list of rules for admins, it's a list of answers to questions or issues raised by subscribers - some of them many times over the years. I have "boilerplate" for some of these (e.g., the "Plain Text" issue), but I'm finding it a real time-saver to be able to just point to the appropriate FAQ. One reason I'm putting these online is that subscribers don't like finding out after the fact that they weren't supposed to do something. They feel it's unfair not to be forewarned, and I agree with them. We've all learned these things the hard way, by experience, but I don't see that they should have to learn them the hard way, too. I've opened the page up for criticism, so if you have a specific criticism, please do make it. If you object to my making such a page, at all, I recommend we just agree to disagree on that point. Diana From: JYoung6180@aol.com [mailto:JYoung6180@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2011 9:54 AM To: gnphllps@comcast.net; DianaGM@dgmweb.net; Listowners-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LO] mailing list FAQs Mailman has a built-in feature that won't send you the list copy of a list message if your address is also included in the TO or CC addresses. So you won't get two copies. I have not commented thus far in this thread and will otherwise keep my mouth shut on this issue other than to say whether an admin prepared FAQ for admins is good bad or indifferent -- I'm a bit against creating any "rules" or even guidelines for admins that doesn't come from RootsWeb staff. It can lead to misunderstandings as to what ROOTSWEB considers appropriate and what a volunteer admin construes the rules to be. I'd prefer (personally) to see us stick with advice on a "need to know" basis on this list and the Newbie Listowner list where everyone realizes the forums are for admins helping admins and where every admin has a chance to comment. Joan In a message dated 12/18/2011 7:09:48 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, gnphllps@comcast.net writes: Use Reply ALL, instead of Reply. That way you can simply delete the email address you don't want or leave them as I have done which will result in you getting the message twice, usually. Sometimes it doesn't work that way. Gene