A couple of elaborations on Ray's advice. My great weakness is the REPLY button. It's so easy to hit "reply" or "reply all" without checking. But if done without checking either subject line OR address .... or what's below the message I've just written.... it invariably leads to inconvenience, missed connections and mixups (e.g., off-list messages going to list). A similar embarrassment can arise when one sends a message to all those individuals in one's address book, forgetting that list addresses lurk there too. I speak as a repeat offender -- I now have a post-it note on my monitor reading, "BEFORE you hit REPLY" ....... Sometimes the note even works...... Bill Ramp Lethbridge, Alberta Ray Hennessy wrote: >I belong to many lists, as do most of us. It is vital to be able >to scan each message quickly to determine if it is relevant. >We all have busy lives so: > > Could I respectfully ask ALL listers to put > all Surnames in CAPITALS. > >Many folk do this but many don't. > >Also consider if Place-names/Parish names could put usefully >be put in capitals when they are the main AND the important >part of the message. > >And, please, make the SUBJECT of the message meaningful. >Most people do but folk replying to Digests often leave the >Subject heading as found. A recent one had this subject: > "Re: XXXX-D Digest V05 #394" >This isn't a unique case. > >