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Hi all,
The CLARIDAY mailing list is "gatewayed" to the CLARIDAY message boards at Ancestry/Rootsweb. This means that when a message is posted to the message board, we get a copy of it at our mailing list. The gateway is a great tool as many genealogy newbies aren't familiar with or are leery of a mailing list. By using the gateway feature, their queries and info reach a larger number of people they might otherwise have missed.
However, the gateway only works one way. We can see the message board posts, but they cannot read the mailing list posts (unless they search the archives.) To make sure a reply gets to the person who first queried, Rootsweb gives these directions:
"The correct method of replying to a gatewayed message is to click on the
link included in the body of the message. This takes you directly to the
post in its original location on the board. There you can click on "Post
Reply" and type in your response. That way the board poster will be
notified of the response and will be able to view it on the board.
Additionally, the list subscriber's reply will be gatewayed back to the
mailing list so a separate response need not be posted there.
Of course, there may be some instances when it is not convenient or
possible for mailing list users to post their responses on the message
boards as described above. For example, if you have an e-mail only
service and/or limited access to the Internet, and as a result read and
compose e-mail for mailing lists while offline then clicking on the URL
link in the message is inconvenient or impossible. To reply to gatewayed
message under such circumstances, remember to include a private response
to the poster when you reply to the list. To accomplish this, make sure
that the posters' e-mail address, which is included in the gatewayed
list post, appears in the "Send To" box of your e-mail message."
(Previously published in RootsWeb
Review: 10 August 2005, Vol. 8, No. 32.)
If you DO decide to post to the list only and contact the message board poster privately, this would be a good time to urge them to join our mailing list. After all, we get the best of both worlds - message board posts and mailing list e-mails!
Happy Hunting!!
Juli Risener Morgan
CLARIDAY Mailing List Administrator
CLARIDAY-admin(a)rootsweb.com