Don't quote me on this...I'm sure others know better than I do but I believe that it may be a means of handling messages for the lists that are newsgroup gatewayed to RootsWeb lists. (This isn't the same as the Message Board gateway for those who might get confused.) Joan In a message dated 8/19/2012 8:52:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, popsjackson@charter.net writes: I typed in the URL and went directly to the archives. Evidently it is just another way to get to the same place. Jim