Dear All:
As many of you have noticed, there is a new influx of
postings from the Affiliated message board.
These posting are now always identified as coming from
the Message board
The posts on the message boards and posts to the
mailing lists are somewhat different.
On the Message boards the initial inquiry comes in ,usually
with some detail. The follow on threads
then are brief and to the point. Sometimes only a cryptic
sentence or two. Since the full thread is easily visible,
there is no need to repeat all the details,
dates, locations, etc.
Each post on the the mailing lists is very complete
with dates, locations, names etc. This allows each
post to stand on it's own for understanding the content.
The new top header was a compromise to satisfy
a group that was protesting that it wasn't obvious
that these other messages were, in fact, coming over
from the message boards. So Rootsweb came up with that
format and suddenly there it was. I think most
list admins all thought it was the answer to
the previous protests over the lack of identity
of gatewayed messages.
There are also numerous suggestions and many
recommendations on the various lists about getting
the "gateway" message size reduced and less
intrusive.
Like so many times in life we go
from one extreme to the other; so we went from
no notice of a gatewayed message to one
taking up 50% of the message body :-)
However, a couple of suggestions and options
for those of you that don't like the board postings.
The messages from the gateway always have the
"from" address
gc-gateway(a)rootsweb.com
Merely add the above address to the filters in
your email program. Then ALL messages from ALL
message boards will be taken out...right now!
Hope this helps clarify the situation and
provides some relief.
BTW: Some will see this message coming from
the gateway, since I'm posting it there
as well.
Best Regards
John A Hansen
jahansen(a)qwest.net
List Admin