At 12:12 PM 1/4/97, Daniel L. Replogle wrote: > I read your Jan 3 message and felt heat. I replied to some earlier >messages from you by sending the reply to rootsweb.com. I now feel that >was an error and I should have sent the reply to you directly. My intent wasn't to apply heat to any one person, or even the group at large. Instead, I was simply hoping to avoid a problem that has beleagured other mailing lists and rendered them essentially useless! The "problem" of quoting irrelevant portions of other's messages and them broadcasting the entire (unnecessarily long) message back onto the list is far from being serious on our list, but I'd like to keep it from getting out of hand! Sorry everyone for appearing impatient, I'll work on being more tactful w/ future suggestions/admonishments! <grin> >Also Greg, if I did send a message to the newgroup at roots.com, how >can I be certain that the message was received? Would I see it posted >on the new messages since I sent it? I've struggled w/ this too Dan, sometimes it seems that our messages just disappear into the blackness of "cyberspace" and the worry is only increased when no one at all responds to a post you've made. I've had that happen before too. However, in virtually all cases, your post *WAS* duly received and distributed to the other subscribers. If you're a subscriber, you'll know if other list subscribers received your post if you receive your own posted message right back in your mailbox w/the header info shown from the Rootsweb.com server! Hang in there--if it seems no one is responding, maybe it's because you're way ahead of us in researching a particular REEVES line, or that your post was sufficiently detailed as to require greater study (and time)! Greg Reeves REEVES-L Listowner greg@rapidnet.com ------------------------------