If a post to the list has the following at the beginning of the post: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list That means that it was posted to the TXLIMEST message board, which is linked to this list. It is a one way link, the list gets the post from the board, but the board does not get posts from the list. Therefore we on the list must go to the message board to post a reply, unless the person who posted on the board also is subscribed to the list. Bob Sanders list administrator