I have just deleted a number of posts that were held for my review because of size. They were extremely long due to all the repeated garbage that the senders neglected to delete or at least trim. When sending a post to the list that refers to a previous post to the list, please take care to delete most of the repeated post keeping just the sentence(s) that you are referring to. When answering/referring to a post that was part of a digest, remove all the stuff in the repeated digest that has nothing to do with what you are replying to. If you get your mail in digest format, and referring to a post in the digest, remove all the repeats posts in the digest that have nothing to do with your message. Also, if you send a post to the list and it doesn't post right away, DO NOT send another! If a post to the list is over the size I have set for the list, it will be held for my review. Sometimes, I deem it okay and send it to the list, other times, if I think the repeated stuff needs editing, I send it back to the sender. Have patience when your post is not immediately posted to the list. I live in California, so busy people may have posted in NY in the morning and I do not see it for hours later. If you sent it at 9 am EST, it is 6 am here and I am snoring away in my bed. I do not get up till 9am or later (retired) and then have to feed my cats, make my coffee, etc. before looking at the posts to the lists. So it would be afternoon in NY before I am checking the posts that were held for my review. DO NOT send another exact post because your original one hadn't made it to the list yet. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA, list admin http://www.connorsgenealogy.com nymets22@gmail.com