Hi, Between 0 and 10 years ago, I believe there was a debate on the VA-ROOTS list about the pro's/con's of prepending text to the subject line. Apparently the vote was to not prepend anything. I host the Louisa site and have made a setting change so that "[VALOUISA]" starts the subject line. My personal opinion (sorry, gotta share) is that it is helpful to me because I typically spin through my list of messages looking at the subject line first. After eagerly reading all of the free offers for millions of dollars, etc., I sometimes find it necessary to look at the sender name if I don't recognize the relevance of the subject. Maybe it's time for the list administrator to dust off the original discussion to see why it is the way it is? Wayne Dunn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deb Koplen" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 11:01 AM Subject: Fwd: Hodges > Now you can see why I don't see the prepend of VA-ROOTS. But all the rest > of my mailing lists from Rootsweb come thru with the prepend. I am > reading and sending this directly from Yahoo web based email and not from > Microsoft Outlook > > Tim White <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 > 09:45:07 -0500 > From: Tim White <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Hodges > To: [log in to unmask] > > Hi, my name is Tim White, I am searching for information on my great > grandmother who was born October 1 1863 in what was Logan County Virginia > I think, she married William Taylor and lived in Crystal, WV, which is in > Mercer > County, WV. Any information is greatly appreciated, all I know is her > father is > listed on death certificate as Wash Hodge from Logan C., nothing listed > for her > mother. > > Thanks > Tim > > > > Deb Koplen > [log in to unmask] > http://home.swbell.net/koplend/index.htm > > "Right Smak Dab between Dallas and Fort Worth" >