From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sat Aug 26 18:52:11 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k7R0qBjb028960; Sat, 26 Aug 2006 18:52:11 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7R0qABr016464 for ; Sat, 26 Aug 2006 18:52:10 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k7QMBnFI030684 for ; Sat, 26 Aug 2006 18:11:49 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k7QMBniD030683 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sat, 26 Aug 2006 18:11:49 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k7QKp9FI030474 for ; Sat, 26 Aug 2006 16:51:09 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k7QNVHMQ014962 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sat, 26 Aug 2006 17:31:17 -0600 X-Envelope-From: treviawbeverly@houston.rr.com Sat Aug 26 17:31:17 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k7QNVHjb014953 for ; Sat, 26 Aug 2006 17:31:17 -0600 Received: from ms-smtp-01.texas.rr.com (ms-smtp-01.texas.rr.com [24.93.47.40]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7QNVFXZ012292 for ; Sat, 26 Aug 2006 17:31:16 -0600 Received: from oemcomputer (cpe-24-162-26-136.houston.res.rr.com [24.162.26.136]) by ms-smtp-01.texas.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k7QNVF1B002766; Sat, 26 Aug 2006 18:31:15 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <001301c6c968$eea12dc0$6401a8c0@oemcomputer> From: "Trevia W Beverly" To: "SueNY" , References: <200608260057.k7Q0vOf6012678@lists5.rootsweb.com> <35BF58D3-3AE3-4B25-B390-6A791AFE3E21@mac.com> <040a01c6c95f$fa2bfa20$61af4b0c@host> Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] subject listing [another opinion] Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 18:39:53 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1807 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Well, it is probably that people just don't take time to think ... some family researchers have more expertise than others - some will pay attention to their spelling and grammar (although we all on occasion make mistakes). Short & Sweet is the best method ... HELP - and list the name, location, time Example: HELP - BEVERLY AL 1830s Forget the > "Roots-L Digest.#...." > because I'm too busy to go look up what it said! The others don't grab me either - > "No Subject" > "Unidentified Subject" don't do anything for me either. Does the writer think that if there is no subject or unidentified subject, I'll go ahead and read it - No. I do not. Short & Sweet in the body of the message as well. I do not have time to wade though a mountain of names, locations and dates with non-essential information in between. I want to help any way I can, but we all need to remember that when we are asking for help, the other person may be busy, have a full-time job, little kiddies to look after - and we should be considerate of their time. Just my opinion, for whatever its worth. Trevia Wooster Beverly Houston, Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "SueNY" To: Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 5:35 PM Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] subject listing > This is posted time and time again. Unfortunately there are always going to > be people who are too ignorant to care, despite the fact that the majority > of people simply ignore any post that contains the following: > > "HELP!" > "Help Needed" > "Look up needed" > "Roots-L Digest.#...." > "No Subject" > "Unidentified Subject" > or a totally blank subject. > > Sue > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linda Miller" > To: > Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 6:12 PM > Subject: [ROOTS-L] subject listing > > > > > > When opening a Rootsweb Digest message, if the index at the top > > doesn't match anything I'm interested in, I'm afraid I stop right > > there. I'm probably not the only one who resorts to doing this; It's > > just a matter of survival, what with the hundreds of emails, many > > quite lengthy, received daily. In order to get the best results > > from an email, It would probably be more productive to list the > > surname or other relevant subject matter folks are researching in the > > subject box . "Help needed", etc. will probably not get the > > attention your email deserves. Lengthy subjects will be cut off, > > showing only the first few words. Hope this helps. > > > > Best wishes for successful searches.