Dear Vivienne, I don't know why that happens, but here's my solution. In my email program, I click on 'reply to author'. The 'To' area is already filled in - ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com. If I want the message to go to the list, I start typing my message. If I don't want it to go to the list, I look for the return address - see the first line of your message immediately below - and click on the blue hypertext part. If I click on that, your personal address comes up in a new window, and I can start typing a message that will go just to you. Lori Beckerton ---------- > From: Vivienne Simmons <vivienne.simmons@cimtegration.com> > To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ORKNEY] REPLIES > Date: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 10:41 PM > > When I REPLY to an Orkney list e-mail, the reply goes to the list and not to > the correspondent. > > When I REPLY to an e-mail on any of the other lists to which I subscribe,my > reply goes to the correspondent and not to the list, which is what I want to > happen. > > I know I can handle this manually, but I'm wondering why it happens. Does > anyone know? > > I'm using Outlook Express. > > Thanks. > > Vivienne > Toronto, Canada > > > ==== ORKNEY Mailing List ==== > >>>>TIP: When when posting your research interests, include the surnames in your subject line - this will improve our list archive and assist future researchers.<<<<