I get the VA-ROOTS prepend on my To line, not my subject line and therefore do not see it until I open the message. I remember that this subject was discussed several years ago and it was decided not to use the prepend in the Subject line. All Rootsweb lists use it. It is needed in order to identify the list from which a message comes when you are looking at the list of all of your messages, before opening any of them. I have accustomed myself to recognize that all other lists have the prepend in the Subject line and any message without the prepend is VA-ROOTS. Jayne [log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask]) ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com