Greetings Listerines - I take this opportunity to compliment you all on a very well-mannered and helpful mailing list. Our list behavior has been excellent and our report card reads "Plays well with others". To those of you sharing information freely and with kindness, I thank you. Now that I have sweetened you up, here's a suggestion. When reply to the Digests of this mailing list, it would be helpful if you changed the subject line to something relevant to your reply. Without such modification, the subject line resembles this when the rest of us see it: Subject: Re: [NFK] NORFOLK Digest, Vol n, Issue nnn Not very helpful in identifying which of the multiple messages in the Digest you are replying to. When replying to the Digests, hit reply then click on the reply's subject line. Type in something relevant such as "Sandringham Door Knob Polishers" or "William APNEATIC of Great Snoring 1823". You should be able to easily type over or otherwise edit the subject line which originally read "Re: NORFOLK Digest, Vol n, Issue nnn". Since some listers only skim the subject lines for postings they may be interested in, better defining your reply subject line actually improves your chances of connecting with a lister of similar interests. Thanks - Mark the Munificent ------------ "A genealogist's dead relatives are typically more expensive than his living ones." - Mark Howells markhow@oz.net

Hi Munificent Mark:: I seldom reply to the list when I see a message that is interesting; I reply directly to the person sending the message. Should I be replying to the list as well as a direct message to the originator of the message?? Cheers> Listerine Jim -----Original Message----- From: Mark Howells [mailto:markhow@oz.net] Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 5:36 AM To: NORFOLK@rootsweb.com Subject: [NFK] Subject Lines Greetings Listerines - I take this opportunity to compliment you all on a very well-mannered and helpful mailing list. Our list behavior has been excellent and our report card reads "Plays well with others". To those of you sharing information freely and with kindness, I thank you. Now that I have sweetened you up, here's a suggestion. When reply to the Digests of this mailing list, it would be helpful if you changed the subject line to something relevant to your reply. Without such modification, the subject line resembles this when the rest of us see it: Subject: Re: [NFK] NORFOLK Digest, Vol n, Issue nnn Not very helpful in identifying which of the multiple messages in the Digest you are replying to. When replying to the Digests, hit reply then click on the reply's subject line. Type in something relevant such as "Sandringham Door Knob Polishers" or "William APNEATIC of Great Snoring 1823". You should be able to easily type over or otherwise edit the subject line which originally read "Re: NORFOLK Digest, Vol n, Issue nnn". Since some listers only skim the subject lines for postings they may be interested in, better defining your reply subject line actually improves your chances of connecting with a lister of similar interests. Thanks - Mark the Munificent ------------ "A genealogist's dead relatives are typically more expensive than his living ones." - Mark Howells markhow@oz.net