TIGS Listers, The administrator requests you shorten up your messages to the list when replying. This is not being done by a number of you. When you hit the REPLY Key, ALWAYS DELETE from the end of the most recent message TO THE END. Repeated failure to do so makes viewing in the Digest Mode unsatisfactory and in addition there is trash placed into the archives which slows down searches and wastes space on the Rootsweb servers. **************************************************************************** When we get an active Thread going on a list, the messages seem to grow and grow in length as we automatically hit the reply button to answer each other. This brings up several problems: 1. The messages can get so long that they eventually exceed the size limit (20,000 characters) that is presently set for referring them to the Administrator for approval. This feature is intended to head off huge messages (maybe Spam) that will then find their way into the Archives. 2. A number of folks on the list prefer to get a DIGEST message, usually once a day, containing all the messages for that time set into one email. This gets almost impossible to read when the messages are lengthy and contain more than the previous response and a new message from the responder. SOLUTION: When you wish to respond to message, remove any 'stuff' that is beyond that to which you are responding. These additional messages often will have >> or >>> or even more radicals preceding each line. They are easy to remove after you hit the REPLY Key: 1. Place your cursor at the start of the part you want to remove. 2. Hold down the SHIFT and CONTROL (Ctrl) Keys and then depress the END key. 3. All the data to the end of the message should now be 'Hi-lighted' - depress the DELETE Key. 4. Now go back to the top of the message, type in your reply and SEND it. The Archives will be happy, those subscribed to the digest will be pleased and so will be the Administrator. Thank you, Brad Miter TIGS List Administrator