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From: Herma R Armstrong <>
Subject: [OHADAMS] "gatewayed" messages
Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 09:40:41 -0400

There seems to be some confusion about "gatewayed messages." When a
message comes to this or any other Rootsweb mailing list that says

"This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list,"

it means that the message has automatically been forwarded to the list
from the Message Board at Rootsweb. In many cases - not always, but very
often - the person who posted the message to the Message Board is not a
subscriber to the mailing list and, therefore, will not see a reply that
is posted only to the list.

Although I'm sure most all the list subscribers enjoy seeing replies to
these messages (I know I do), in most cases the original poster will not
see the reply unless you 1) also send it to his/her personal email
address or 2) you click on the highlighted hot link and post a reply on
the message board. If you post your reply on the message board, it too
will be gatewayed back to the list for all of us to see.

Herma

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