Well, we can all resolve to do copy and paste of the original message when we answer a post so ours at least don't sound like nonsense. I agree with Elnora, sometimes they make no sense at all and you have to take time to check out the link to see what they were talking about. I find it irritating if it turns out to be not what I'm researching. Ali United we stand, divided we fall. God Bless America!! From: Valorie Zimmerman <valoriez@zimres.net> Reply-To: MCBEE-L@rootsweb.com To: MCBEE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [McBEE] Re: John McBee Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 01:17:15 -0700 John & Elnora Wyrick wrote: > > Frankly I don't find any usefulness in this kind of message, > if any are going to be gatewayed to the List, why can't all > of them be gatewayed?? > > Just my thoughts on the subject. Elnora, see my reply below. > Elnora Frances Cook-Wyrick > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <star@webzone.net> > To: <MCBEE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 2:43 PM > Subject: [McBEE] Re: John McBee > > > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > Classification: Query > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HNz.2ACEB/6.7.169.172.173.174.175.1 > .1 > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > No Sorry Its McBee I'm looking for NOT Durn <snip> Welllll -- I found enough of the board posts to be useless, that I took the gateway address out of the Accept file, so that all board posts made by non-list-subscribers will bounce to me for handling. I then make sure that the subject line is useful, etc., and forward the posts on to the list. BUT, if a list subscriber posts, or replies to a post, it goes directly to the list. If we get many more nonsense posts like the above, I will put the gateway address on Reject so that they ALL bounce to me for handling. Unfortunately, that means that people often reply to ME by mistake, rather than the original poster -- or better yet, clicking on the link and replying on the Board. Even relaying all of the Board posts to the list doesn't really solve the problem of nonsensical replies, because sometime the replies are days, weeks or months after the original post -- and the original isn't quoted in the reply. <sigh> Valorie -- I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him. - Booker T. Washington ==== MCBEE Mailing List ==== Please don't post private information about living people without permission. All posts are archived. Search by keyword, http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=MCBEE-L Threaded archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/MCBEE-L ============================== Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp