If you take out all the headers, no one has any idea who wrote what--not even the writer of some of it, if it has been several days and that person has received hundreds of messages in the meantime. The portion below is a PERFECT example of what I mean. It is so mixed up now that I doubt if the authors know what part they wrote! T. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have an Actually Better Day. Please Visit http://www.wimall.com/talonwhisler Don't forget to sign the Guestbook! T.A. & Lon Whisler talonwhisler@itlnet.net -----Original Message----- From: Pauline Phelps <paulinep@igalaxy.net> To: OKROOTS-L@rootsweb.com <OKROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 3:44 PM Subject: Re: Pauline Phelps: Fw: [OKROOTS-L] e-mail addresses, please! >Yes it will, but I copy & paste the orginal e-mail address back into the >message, especially if I am >sending the message to another list, [don't do a forward] it's better this way >then the message isn't to long. > >Pauline > >Tiffany Edmonds wrote: tedmonds@icok.net [ like so your email address wasn't >here] > >> Thank you, I learn something new everyday. Also, If you come across a rpely >> like this and want to reply to the person who wrote the original message >> isn't it true that you can use the OKROOTS-L search engine at >> http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> >> and pull up the original message? That will give the email address for that >> person, if I understand that correctly. >> >> Thank you again, >> Tiffany >> >> >Yes but take out the header where it says >> >-----Original Message----- >> >but leave the message below that, like I just did, sometimes I even take >> the time if is important to knida clean up the message.Of course if it's >> really >> something for your research I do a save as and save it as a text >> >file in a special directory on my hard drive so I can edit it & make a >> nicer print out to keep. Especially if the message is a list of names or >> census etc. >> > > > >> Pauline >> > >> >Tiffany Edmonds wrote: >> > >> >> do you mean, Like this? I hit reply and then changed the address to >> >> OKROOTS-L, I did not delete anything though, does that make it any >> >> better?... >> >> MAybe we can all figure a way to reply that doesn't mess anyone up and >> not >> >> lose any info in the process either. >> >> Thank you, Tiffany >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >Yes but do we want all the headers no to much garabage don't do a >> forward >> >> >rootsweb only allows plain text so then you get all the headers, just do >> a >> >> reply >> >> & change the address & wa-law no headers. And if you want >> >> to print it out you won't have an ugly print out that has 3 pages of >> info., >> >> you don't want. >> >> Usually if one I reply to does have this I delete everything but the >> >> person's email address. >> >> >Pauline >> >> >> >> >Tiffany Edmonds wrote: >> >> > >> >> I fully agree with answers being posted on the OKROOTS-L! I have seen >> >> several questions that were so interesting, even though not related to me >> >> in any way and was dissappointed that the answer has yet to be posted! >> And >> >> also you never know... The question may not pertain to your history or >> >> research, but the answer may surprise you. >> >> Thank you! >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> >> Nancy Gamel-Livecy >> >> Gamel1@hotmail.com >> >> >> > >> >The Past is History. >> >The Future is a Mystery. >> >Today is a Gift, that's >> >why we call it the present. >> >**************************************** >> >Pauline [Neeley] Phelps >> >Bakersfield CA 93304 >> >========================================== >> >Neeley Web Site http://www.genweb.net/~neeley/ >> >Washita Co.OK URL http://www.rootsweb.com/~okwashit/ >> >http://www.genweb.net/~tucker/ >> >=========================================== >> >Mail lists - >> >NEELEY'S - NEELEY-L@ROOTSWEB.COM >> >PRYOR'S - PRYOR-L@ROOTSWEB.COM >> >FOUNTAIN/FOUNTAINE- FOUNTAINE-L@ROOTSWEB.COM >> >KEMPERS - kempers@makelist.com >> >Audrian Co., MO audraincomo@makelist.com >> >Camden Co., MO camdencomo@makelist.com >> >************************************************** >> >http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5716/index.html >> > >> > >> > > > > >-- >The Past is History. >The Future is a Mystery. >Today is a Gift, that's >why we call it the present. >**************************************** >Pauline [Neeley] Phelps >Bakersfield CA 93304 >========================================== >Neeley Web Site http://www.genweb.net/~neeley/ >Washita Co.OK URL http://www.rootsweb.com/~okwashit/ >http://www.genweb.net/~tucker/ >=========================================== >Mail lists - >NEELEY'S - NEELEY-L@ROOTSWEB.COM >PRYOR'S - PRYOR-L@ROOTSWEB.COM >FOUNTAIN/FOUNTAINE- FOUNTAINE-L@ROOTSWEB.COM >KEMPERS - kempers@makelist.com >Audrian Co., MO audraincomo@makelist.com >Camden Co., MO camdencomo@makelist.com >************************************************** >http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5716/index.html > >