netiquette Just please trim your posts!Don't just add your note to the bottom of a whole bunch ofprevious replies.  Just add the pertinent sentences so itcan be readily understood and followed. For those of us who get these in Digest Form it's really a painto wade through.   And even for those who don't...     Pauline  "A woman is never too old when it comes to the dance she knows."   African Proverb On Tuesday, May 23, 2017 3:03 AM, "roots-request@rootsweb.com" <roots-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: Send ROOTS mailing list submissions to     roots@rootsweb.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit     http://lists2.rootsweb.ancestry.com/mailman/listinfo/roots or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to     roots-request@rootsweb.com You can reach the person managing the list at     roots-owner@rootsweb.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of ROOTS digest..." If you respond to this digest, please replace the subject line of your response (so it doesn't read "Re: ROOTS-L Digest") and please don't quote the digest ... a few lines from the message to which you are responding or (better still) a brief summary of that message will do. Thanks! Today's Topics:   1. protocol question (Mark Butler)   2. Re: protocol question (Joan Young)   3. Re: protocol question (Lori ) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 07:42:30 -0700 From: "Mark Butler" <mbutler532011@gmail.com> To: <roots@rootsweb.com> Subject: [ROOTS-L] protocol question Message-ID: <00dc01d2d309$a46dc770$ed495650$@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="us-ascii" What's the protocol when I have a question about someone's post. Do I send it roots-wide or reply back to them. I am assuming if it is not of general interest to all I would do a direct email, but I know a lot of people are careful of their email addresses and may not want direct contact except through a relatively safe network. Mark ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 10:51:48 -0400 From: Joan Young <jyoung6180@aol.com> To: roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] protocol question Message-ID: <15c30a48b12-c01-15b7d@webjasstg-vaa09.srv.aolmail.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hi, Mark- You can reply to the list or personally to the individual if you wish to. Most choose to reply to the list for genealogical purposes unless the query is a personal one. Since RootsWeb mailing lists only allow subscribers to post to the lists and are plain text only, there is little danger of anything harmful or spammy coming through the list--although it is always wise to not click on ANY link in an email that you are not sure is safe. Joan Young jyoung6180@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: Mark Butler <mbutler532011@gmail.com> To: roots <roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Mon, May 22, 2017 10:43 am Subject: [ROOTS-L] protocol question What's the protocol when I have a question about someone's post. Do I send it roots-wide or reply back to them. I am assuming if it is not of general interest to all I would do a direct email, but I know a lot of people are careful of their email addresses and may not want direct contact except through a relatively safe network. Mark ===== If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to roots-admin@rootsweb.com and ask for the digest... ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 12:30:29 -0400 From: "Lori " <america4821@myactv.net> To: <roots@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] protocol question Message-ID: <002301d2d318$ba520920$2ef61b60$@net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Please reply to the list unless it's personal.  This list gets little traffic and some of us might be interested in the subject. Lori -----Original Message----- From: ROOTS [mailto:roots-bounces+america4821=myactv.net@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mark Butler Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 10:43 AM To: roots@rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] protocol question What's the protocol when I have a question about someone's post ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer To contact the ROOTS list administrator, send an email to ROOTS-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the ROOTS mailing list, send an email to ROOTS@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. ------------------------------ End of ROOTS Digest, Vol 12, Issue 160 **************************************