when i first saw the change in the list that all responses would be sent, i thought that was a good idea, but now i'm having my doubts. i've already checked my email twice today and deleted a bunch of "fluff", but to give you an example, just now i checked it and i had 24 West-L messages and 13 of them were non-genealogy related (like i'm doing right now myself) and 12 that were. i can certainly appreciate those needing help, cuz i need it sometimes myself, and i can also appreciate needing to say 'thank you' to someone for information, and there is no need to be rude and crude about it, but at the same time i myself along with everyone else subscribed to this list for WEST FAMILY GENEALOGY INFORMATION, and that's it. with this being such a popular list there are already plenty of postings to sort through daily, and the situation does need to be controlled. by not reading the 'RE:'s" and just deleting them, could mean that you would miss on information, and won't solve the problem. my suggestion is for us all to offer common courtesy to each other (after all we're all cousins), keep the postings to strictly what the list was meant for, and if you want to thank some one or ask a 'newbie' question, send the email directly to the individual it's meant for. any responses to this posting should be sent directly to me and not posted on the West-L. have a nice day and God Bless Terri