From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sat Jul 22 22:45:21 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 k6N4jLjb022841; Sat, 22 Jul 2006 22:45:21 -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 k6N4irvu018126 for ; Sat, 22 Jul 2006 22:44:53 -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 k6N26cFI025435 for ; Sat, 22 Jul 2006 22:06:38 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k6N26cMi025434 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sat, 22 Jul 2006 22:06:38 -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 k6N0qLFI025221 for ; Sat, 22 Jul 2006 20:52:21 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k6N3UQdr023475 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sat, 22 Jul 2006 21:30:26 -0600 X-Envelope-From: joanparker@intergate.com Sat Jul 22 21:30:26 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 k6N3UQjb023464 for ; Sat, 22 Jul 2006 21:30:26 -0600 Received: from smtp9.trip.net (smtp9.trip.net [216.139.64.9]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6N3UG64016230 for ; Sat, 22 Jul 2006 21:30:22 -0600 Received: from acer2e68c49b20 (199-pool1.ras13.floca.alerondial.net [206.148.124.199]) by smtp9.trip.net (8.13.7/8.13.7) with SMTP id k6N3U7VP053287; Sat, 22 Jul 2006 22:30:08 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <00de01c6ae08$40deea40$c77c94ce@acer2e68c49b20> From: "Joan Parker" To: References: <95b5b6b90607220757j36e3522fu25f0a8a861aa74d4@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] SUBJECT LINES! Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 13:20:55 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.56 on 216.139.64.8 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Kathie is absolutely right. I wonder how many genners out there who could have helped or answered a question but went ahead and just deleted the email without reading it because of a subject line that offered no clue as to what is needed. Right now the very next two emails on my screen are just what she is referring to: Roots: Digest Vo6 #304 Roots: Digest Vo6 #305 A little further down is an excellent example of how to put in a subject line when referring to a digest and a number: Roots: Digest Vo6:297 Help with writing a post Remember, if we are on this list in general it is to help others and to be helped when we need it. So help us to help you. Put in a decent subject line that gives us an idea what you need. Good Samaritans we try to be, mind readers we are not. Good luck in your hunting for ancestors and answers. Joanie Joan Parker, Immediate Past President JGS of Greater Miami, Inc. Miami, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: Kathie Harrison To: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 10:57 AM Subject: [ROOTS-L] SUBJECT LINES! People, people, people, please for the love of God, put in a decent SUBJECT in the SUBJECT line!! When you are a DIGEST subscriber on ANY list, you need to fill in the subject [delete DIGEST in it] to show what message you are actually REPLYING to. How can you expect any of us to bother reading your messages if you do not do this? I just got THREE messages in a row from ROOTS list and all with Re: DIGEST 'blah, blah, blah" in them. The MOST important part of a QUERY is WHAT you put in the SUBJECT line which should be a BRIEF DESCRIPTION of what your message is about. OK I am now stepping off my SOAPBOX.........Thanks and happy hunting. -- Kathie Harrison Family Trees Grow with Love Ancestral Whispers http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/