I also prefer reply to list, I love to hear about area families and learn a lot about others searches in the area. Linda On Mar 3, 2005, at 9:53 AM, B. Warner wrote: > LaDonna, > I've noticed that replies now no longer default to the List but, > instead, > go privately to the person who posted the message. I'm thinking that > they > used to default to the List. Did you change this option when you took > over List? In my opinion, not having them default to the List, leaves > a > lot of unanswered questions in the archives because a lot of people > just > click "reply" and don't realize it's not going back to List. I'm the > Administrator of several mailing lists, and I've found that having > replies > default to the List generates a lot more interaction between the > subscribers. Also, many times, when people post queries there may be > other people lurking out there who would like to know the answer too, > but > when reply goes privately to poster, they're left hanging. This is > just > my opinion. > Bettye > > > On Wed, March 2, 2005 9:27 am, [email protected] said: >> Hi MoJeffer Members! >> >> I'm LaDonna Garner, the new List Administrator, or List Mom as some >> call >> it, >> I'm very excited to be keeping the list on track and moving. >> [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) >> >> I'm a member of the Jefferson County Genealogical Society, Newsletter >> Editor >> and wear many other hats around Jefferson County so if you don't know >> me >> yet, you most likely will eventually, I am here to help. >> >> For those who will be asking, the past administrator has been >> unavailable >> for reasons unknown to me. 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