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From: "Peter Cook" <>
Subject: Sunday morning musings #128
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 11:32:37 +0800


Welcome to 'QQLindy' and 'mmjmm' who have joined this week.

If you haven't already contributed, we hope to hear from you soon.

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Re: "Request for listowner" posted earlier in the week - response as
promised, following consultation with co-host Barbara:

1 Firstly, in response to Kathy's comment that all the Scottish
lists she subscribes to use a subject prefix, I have to say that the
Renfrewshire and Dunbartonshire lists are another two that do not use
the prefix, so the implication that this list is the odd one out is
not correct. There are also many other lists which do not use the
prefix.

2 There are valid reasons for this non use of the prefix - all
messages to each RootsWeb based list have their "To" address changed
to the list name. Therefore, all you need to do is to include the 'To'
column in your inbox display. George, this also helps to weed out spam
messages as they are so often NOT addressed to the recipient.

Alternatively if you have one of the more robust e-mail programs, you
can sort your mail into secondary folders based on the "To", "From",
"Subject" or even in some cases on Keywords in the message.

3 A bit of history for newer members, apologies to the old hands -
this list began without a prefix, then the original list maintainer
added one. Shortly after taking over, I issued a Request for Vote
(RFV) on keeping or removing the prefix. The result of the RFV
appeared
in Musings #5 mid January 1999 ...

"Firstly the result of the RFV, which was for removal by a clear
majority. The list name has therefore been removed from the subject
line of messages to this list. Thanks to those who voted, and
commiserations to those who wanted the name to remain - remember I can
probably help you overcome the problem if you use IE4, and Barbara can
if you use Netscape."

So, as it has worked well in its current form for over 2 years, I do
not intend to change the way the subject appears for the Bute list.

The final sentence of that earlier message still holds except that my
system has progressed to IE5 & Outlook Express - our addresses are, as
usual, at the end of this posting for anyone who wants to avail
themselves of our assistance.

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It seems that the virus which sends rather large attachments and
begins with 'I send you this file in order to have your advice' is
doing the rounds again.
As always, do not open unsolicited attachments, no matter how
enticing.

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Feel free to join in and present your own items.

Peter Cook
List maintainer and Co-host with Barbara < >
of the ButeshireGenWeb mailing list.













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