Nelda- Yes, I'd agree with what you wrote below...making individualized posts that are specifically relevant to a list would be quite helpful and possibly would avoid the problem entirely. Joan In a message dated 2/14/2013 1:50:41 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, nelda_percival@hotmail.com writes: Hi Joan, Thanks.. Now to make that post relevant to say a surname board or list... I'd have to do a census search find that surname in the census that covers the Gap and then talk about the name and the Gap jamboree?? Or lets say, I quote a book as stating such and such families traveled through the Gap some staying and settleing while others traveled on to (the area of the list/board I'm posting to. So basically the posting could not then be sent to more then one list at a time doing away with both the MASS mailing and the no relevance to the list it was mailed to. So the objection is the lazyness or lack of knowledge of the poster for not making each and every post (although, it holds similar information) have some relevance to the list / board it is sent/posted to.. Where had the poster contacted a list admin to ask the admin, about posting; the admin could have made suggestions as to how each post could be made relevant to each list. got ya! n.