As far as I'm concerned, if it doesn't have the prepend, I automatically delete it as a protection from spam. Anne G. -----Original Message----- >From: Tamara <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Nov 8, 2007 7:42 AM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: [VA-ROOTS] To Prepend or Not to Prepend > >The downside is that those receiving digest mode will have a sizeable amount of their subject line devoted to the prepend. > >I would think that a LOT of people subscribe to digest mode as I do and I certainly don't want to spend my time scrolling anymore than I have to, would you? And sizeable means just that... > >Would the list lose members? Would valuable knowledge and ideas be lost? > >Tamara Mitchell >Perrysburg, OH > > > >VA-ROOTS automatic digest system <[log in to unmask]> wrote:VA-ROOTS Digest - 6 Nov 2007 to 7 Nov 2007 (#2007-113) body { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: #000000 } td { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: #000000 } p { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: #000000 } a { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; color: #3366CC; text-decoration: none } h2 { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; color: #CC0033 } h3 { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; color: #3366CC } > VA-ROOTS Digest - 6 Nov 2007 to 7 Nov 2007 (#2007-113) Table of contents: > Robert Spink/Spynk on Speedwell 1635 > A Suggestion (2) > Hodges > Fwd: Hodges > John Kidwell 1831, Leesburg, VA > Prepending 'VAROOTS' to Subject Line (2) > I'm confused > John Kidwell > > Robert Spink/Spynk on Speedwell 1635 > Robert Spink/Spynk on Speedwell 1635 (11/07) >From: Linda Emmart <[log in to unmask]> > > A Suggestion > A Suggestion (11/07) >From: Deb Koplen <[log in to unmask]> > Re: A Suggestion (11/07) >From: Tom Foster <[log in to unmask]> > > Hodges > Hodges (11/07) >From: Tim White <[log in to unmask]> > > Fwd: Hodges > Fwd: Hodges (11/07) >From: Deb Koplen <[log in to unmask]> > > John Kidwell 1831, Leesburg, VA > John Kidwell 1831, Leesburg, VA (11/07) >From: Erin <[log in to unmask]> > > Prepending 'VAROOTS' to Subject Line > Re: Prepending 'VAROOTS' to Subject Line (11/07) >From: Wayne Dunn <[log in to unmask]> > Re: Prepending 'VAROOTS' to Subject Line (11/07) >From: Ann Avery Hunter <[log in to unmask]> > > I'm confused > I'm confused (11/07) >From: Erin <[log in to unmask]> > > John Kidwell > John Kidwell (11/07) >From: Clay Gullatt <[log in to unmask]> > > > Browse the VA-ROOTS online archives. > > Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 07:23:44 -0500 >From: Linda Emmart <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Robert Spink/Spynk on Speedwell 1635 > > I am looking for information on an ancestor, Robert Spink/Spynk who was on >the Speedwell when it came to VA in 1635 from England. > >I can't find any information so far on where the ship landed at this time with >him on board or what he did with his life from that point. > >We have family records of him years later living in Rhode Island and purchasing >some land. > >We have stories that he came over on the Speedwell but couldn't pay his >passage and had to be an indentured servant for a number of years. I don't >know if that's true or not. > >Any help finding out more information about Robert Spink (or Spynk as it's >spelled on the passenger list) would be great appreciated. > >Linda Emmart >Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 04:54:33 -0800 >From: Deb Koplen <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: A Suggestion > > Could you PLEASE automatically prepend the subject of the messages with something that indicates it is from the VA-ROOTS mailing list. Some of the subjects shown, while being very specific regarding genealogy, could be construed by a "spam-catcher" (or the recipient) incorrectly. > >Deb Koplen >[log in to unmask] >http://home.swbell.net/koplend/index.htm > >"Right Smak Dab between Dallas and Fort Worth" >Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 08:39:54 -0500 >From: Tom Foster <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: A Suggestion > > excellent suggestion! >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Deb Koplen" >To: >Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 7:54 AM >Subject: A Suggestion > > >> Could you PLEASE automatically prepend the subject of the messages with >> something that indicates it is from the VA-ROOTS mailing list. Some of >> the subjects shown, while being very specific regarding genealogy, could >> be construed by a "spam-catcher" (or the recipient) incorrectly. >> >> Deb Koplen >> [log in to unmask] >> http://home.swbell.net/koplend/index.htm >> >> "Right Smak Dab between Dallas and Fort Worth" >Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 09:45:07 -0500 >From: Tim White <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Hodges > > 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 >Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 08:01:44 -0800 >From: Deb Koplen <[log in to unmask]> >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 wrote: Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 09:45:07 -0500 >From: Tim White >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" >Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 07:59:19 -0800 >From: Erin <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: John Kidwell 1831, Leesburg, VA > > I am researching information on my great great grandfather, John Kidwell. From civil war records, I've found that John was born in Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia in 1831. > >I would love to know the names of his parents and siblings and possible may have narrowed it down to a handful of possible matches. His 1880 census records (the only census records I can find for him) state that his parents were born in VA also -a possible lead? John's 2nd wife, though not the mother of his son Charles, was Mary Ellen Young. John died in 1884 from complications of a civil war injury. > >Due to me living in Illinois, it's not easy for me to acquire VA vital records and such. I do subscribe to Ancestry and search regularly, but I've come to a brick wall. > >Thanks in advance to those who might have info on John. > >Erin > > > > >I GoodSearch for the Knox County Humane Society. > > Raise money for your favorite charity or school just by searching the Internet. www.goodsearch.com - powered by Yahoo! > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com >Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 11:33:20 -0500 >From: Wayne Dunn <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: Prepending 'VAROOTS' to Subject Line > > 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" >To: >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 wrote: Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 >> 09:45:07 -0500 >> From: Tim White >> 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" >> >Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 11:48:41 -0500 >From: Ann Avery Hunter <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: Prepending 'VAROOTS' to Subject Line > > The subscribers themselves are in charge of whether the list name is in the >header for their VA-ROOTS postings. Go here: > >http://listlva.lib.va.us/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A0=VA-ROOTS > >Click on "Join or Leave VA-ROOTS". Under "Mail Header Style" check >"LISTSERV-style, with list name in subject". That should do it. > > >Ann >--- >Ann Avery Hunter >Winston-Salem, NC >Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 09:05:25 -0800 >From: Erin <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: I'm confused > > I'm confused, but very adaptable. Are you trying to get the subject >lines changed to VAROOTS instead of [VA-ROOTS]? I'll do whatever >everyone wants if it's going to help keep things running smoothly. :) >Thanks, > >Erin > >I GoodSearch for the Knox County Humane Society. > > Raise money for your favorite charity or school just by searching the Internet. www.goodsearch.com - powered by Yahoo! > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com >Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 19:55:43 -0800 >From: Clay Gullatt <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: John Kidwell > > Erin > >Is this your John Kidwell? > >1850 Loudoun Co. VA >House/Family 329 >Hecezekiah Kidwell 51 Laborer VA >Catharine 54 VA >Chs 24 VA >Jno 20 VA >Betsy 20 VA >Mary 9months VA > >1860 (Harpers Ferry PO) Loudoun Co VA >House/Family 1193 >Jno Kidwell 27 Laborer VA >Sarah 33 VA >Chas 2 VA > >House/Family 1198 >Hezekiah Kidwell 31 VA >Cecelia A 28 VA >Sophia 11 VA >Emma J. 7 VA >Jos. S. 6months > >1870 Delavan, Tazewell Co. IL >House/Family 364 >John Kidwell 40 Farm Labor VA >Ellen 30 Keeps House VA >Albert 3 VA >Jeremiah Hirt 19 At Home VA >Sally Hirt 23 At Home VA > >Clay > > > __________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com