I question why us listers have to put up with these gateway-ed messages. In the current format, we basically see responses, without the actual original message unless one goes several steps to see what the original post was. So mostly filling our list with nearly meaningless messages. Plus as others have indicated, listers will easily reply to the list instead of the message board and this wastes kindly listers time and the board people don't receive the help they were looking for. Teresa On Jan 18, 2007, at 9:58 PM, Bob Forsythe wrote: > Agreed. The gatewayed messages seem to be something new. > > -- > Bob Forsythe > Permit Project Manager > Endangered Habitats Conservancy > 619/584-4143 > > > Quoting Alice Corbett <[email protected]>: > >> I don't recall any gateway messages posted to the NYJEFFER L list >> before >> Pat >> took it over. >> But as age creeps up on me maybe I missed them. >> >> I am not going to register to reply to a message - My machine keeps >> dropping >> the log in and when I try to get another - don't succeed so I ain't a >> gona >> register >> The next thing they will charge you as they do on the donated >> genealogies. >> Alice Corbett >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "kql" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 11:13 PM >> Subject: Re: [NYJEFFER] messages >> >> >>> Alice Corbett wrote: >>>> If they don't go to both lists we should be informed of that. >>>> You answer something and it don't get to the person who requested >>>> it. >>>> I think I'm done answering any but mine. >>> >>>> I just tried to answer on the message boards but you have to >>>> register >> to >>>> do >>>> so I can't be bothered with that so if someone wants to relay this >>>> message, >>>> I would appreciate it. >>> >>>> Alice Corbett >>> >>> The message board posts have always been gatewayed to this list. >>> They >>> can be identified by the initial sentence of the message: >>> "This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing >>> list." >>> >>> In the past, the name and email address of the poster to the message >>> board were included in the message, so it was possible to send a >>> reply >>> to the poster. That has changed with the recent modifications in the >>> RootsWeb mailing system, making the gateway system totally >>> dysfunctional, in my mind. It's impossible for a list member to >> respond >>> to a message board poster without registering, logging in, etc. >>> Responses instead get sent to the list and the person who posted to >>> the >>> board has no clue that there was ever any response. >>> >>> You can submit your thoughts about the new system here: >>> http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.rw.admin.boardsuggest/mb.ashx >>> >>> Kathy >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Again, I have to agree. I have the forum bookmarked and lurk there from time to time to see what's new, but I'm not sure I see the utility of having the forum bleed over into the list. -- Bob Forsythe Permit Project Manager Endangered Habitats Conservancy 619/584-4143 Quoting Teresa Culver <[email protected]>: > I question why us listers have to put up with these gateway-ed messages. > In the current format, we basically see responses, without the actual > original message > unless one goes several steps to see what the original post was. So > mostly filling > our list with nearly meaningless messages. Plus as others have > indicated, listers > will easily reply to the list instead of the message board and this > wastes kindly > listers time and the board people don't receive the help they were > looking for. > > Teresa > > On Jan 18, 2007, at 9:58 PM, Bob Forsythe wrote: > > > Agreed. The gatewayed messages seem to be something new. > > > > -- > > Bob Forsythe > > Permit Project Manager > > Endangered Habitats Conservancy > > 619/584-4143 > > > > > > Quoting Alice Corbett <[email protected]>: > > > >> I don't recall any gateway messages posted to the NYJEFFER L list > >> before > >> Pat > >> took it over. > >> But as age creeps up on me maybe I missed them. > >> > >> I am not going to register to reply to a message - My machine keeps > >> dropping > >> the log in and when I try to get another - don't succeed so I ain't a > >> gona > >> register > >> The next thing they will charge you as they do on the donated > >> genealogies. > >> Alice Corbett > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "kql" <[email protected]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 11:13 PM > >> Subject: Re: [NYJEFFER] messages > >> > >> > >>> Alice Corbett wrote: > >>>> If they don't go to both lists we should be informed of that. > >>>> You answer something and it don't get to the person who requested > >>>> it. > >>>> I think I'm done answering any but mine. > >>> > >>>> I just tried to answer on the message boards but you have to > >>>> register > >> to > >>>> do > >>>> so I can't be bothered with that so if someone wants to relay this > >>>> message, > >>>> I would appreciate it. > >>> > >>>> Alice Corbett > >>> > >>> The message board posts have always been gatewayed to this list. > >>> They > >>> can be identified by the initial sentence of the message: > >>> "This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing > >>> list." > >>> > >>> In the past, the name and email address of the poster to the message > >>> board were included in the message, so it was possible to send a > >>> reply > >>> to the poster. That has changed with the recent modifications in the > >>> RootsWeb mailing system, making the gateway system totally > >>> dysfunctional, in my mind. It's impossible for a list member to > >> respond > >>> to a message board poster without registering, logging in, etc. > >>> Responses instead get sent to the list and the person who posted to > >>> the > >>> board has no clue that there was ever any response. > >>> > >>> You can submit your thoughts about the new system here: > >>> http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.rw.admin.boardsuggest/mb.ashx > >>> > >>> Kathy > >>> > >>> ------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >