Thanks for your kind words, Karlene. I like helping people with their genealogy. Nancy ksalyers@nycap.rr.com wrote: Hi, Nancy. Thanks for explaining this again. Like Ken, it used to drive me nuts because I thought the people sending the "useless" messages were rude for not stating names, dates, etc. But once you explained it to me, it suddenly didn't bother me anymore. I would rather keep getting these messages than to stop and possibly miss that one contact who has the info I need! Thanks for all you do for us, Nancy. I can't express enough how much your work has helped me with my Phillips ancestors. Karlene On Feb 15, 2008, at 4:45 PM, Nancy Kiser wrote: > Hi, Ken, > > The problem is the public Phillips message board at rootsweb is > "gatewayed" to this private Phillips mailing list. When someone > posts an answer to a message posted on the public Phillips message > board, it is automatically forwarded to the mailing list. It is > very obvious on the public message board to whom and to what that > person is referring. However, when the message gets forwarded to > this mailing list, the link is no longer apparent. You have to > follow the link back to the message board to figure out to whom or > to what that person was responding. > > One solution would be to disconnect this private mailing list > from the pubic message board. Cal Phillips, the administrator of > this mailing list, periodically asks us whether we want to remain > gatewayed to the public message board, and most people usually > respond in the affirmative. I personally find it helpful, but it is > not essential. Perhaps Cal should once again ask the members of > the mailing list whether or not they want to remain gatewayed to > the public message board. By the way, even though every message > posted on the public message board gets sent to this mailing list, > our messages on this message board do NOT get sent to the public > message board. In other words, the gateway only works in one > direction. > > I hope this explanation makes sense. > > Sincerely, > Nancy Kiser > Assistant Administrator > Phillips Worldwide DNA Project > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PHILLIPS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.

I love having the "gatewayed" messages. When I see one that I'm curious about, I can just click the link to get the context. Many of them do have enough info that I can delete them right away. On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 10:39 AM, Nancy Kiser <nancy2kiser@yahoo.com> wrote: > Thanks for your kind words, Karlene. I like helping people with their > genealogy. > > Nancy > > ksalyers@nycap.rr.com wrote: > Hi, Nancy. Thanks for explaining this again. Like Ken, it used to > drive me nuts because I thought the people sending the "useless" > messages were rude for not stating names, dates, etc. But once you > explained it to me, it suddenly didn't bother me anymore. > > I would rather keep getting these messages than to stop and possibly > miss that one contact who has the info I need! > > Thanks for all you do for us, Nancy. I can't express enough how much > your work has helped me with my Phillips ancestors. > Karlene > On Feb 15, 2008, at 4:45 PM, Nancy Kiser wrote: > > > Hi, Ken, > > > > The problem is the public Phillips message board at rootsweb is > > "gatewayed" to this private Phillips mailing list. When someone > > posts an answer to a message posted on the public Phillips message > > board, it is automatically forwarded to the mailing list. It is > > very obvious on the public message board to whom and to what that > > person is referring. However, when the message gets forwarded to > > this mailing list, the link is no longer apparent. You have to > > follow the link back to the message board to figure out to whom or > > to what that person was responding. > > > > One solution would be to disconnect this private mailing list > > from the pubic message board. Cal Phillips, the administrator of > > this mailing list, periodically asks us whether we want to remain > > gatewayed to the public message board, and most people usually > > respond in the affirmative. I personally find it helpful, but it is > > not essential. Perhaps Cal should once again ask the members of > > the mailing list whether or not they want to remain gatewayed to > > the public message board. By the way, even though every message > > posted on the public message board gets sent to this mailing list, > > our messages on this message board do NOT get sent to the public > > message board. In other words, the gateway only works in one > > direction. > > > > I hope this explanation makes sense. > > > > Sincerely, > > Nancy Kiser > > Assistant Administrator > > Phillips Worldwide DNA Project > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PHILLIPS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it > now. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PHILLIPS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >