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From: Donna Mariner <>
Subject: [PARSONS-L] SUPERFLOUS EMAILS
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 19:01:26 -0400


I am sending this to each list I belong to - sorry if it offends anyone!

On one of the lists to which I subscribe, the Listowner has continually
suggested that we listen to ROOTSWEB'S often repeated plea to try to
limit our LIST emails to ones that actually mention ancestors' names and
have information contained in them. However, the attitude most
Listmembers have, is "Boring! No fun! Not personal enough!" We can all
understand that, but with all the rest of you, we also have to view many
emails that are "trash" because they are totally useless comments.
Maybe there's a happy medium?

The Listowner states that

> "e-mails that contain only acknowledgment words,
> such as "Me, too!", "Thank you" , "Jan, you're right!", "Great information!" with
> no further explanation or details, only serve to further clog the Rootsweb email
> archive files. "
>
Remember, each email one sends is going into the Rootsweb archives - in
addition to being sent to hundreds of other list members. Most of us
just quickly delete those two-word messages and go on, but wouldn't it
be more conscientious and space saving (Rootsweb is always running out
of space) if one responded privately with the "Yes, you're right"
messages? Or if responding to specifics that are important to all of
us, concerning ancestor's facts, one included just a bit of the message
you're responding to, so that everyone on the list will be able to
associate the responses with the original messages? Sometimes, the
keeping of the same subject gives us hints....but what WAS the original
message?

If email is to only be understood by the initiating person and the
previous email's sender, why include it on the list?

I am not a Listowner, so obviously I have no right to suggest to
individual lists how to operate - but I AM a contributor to Rootsweb and
feel that the archives need to have unnecessary correspondence reduced
as much as possible.

Comments welcome, of course, but keep it privately to me unless you feel
ALL should hear.

Thanks. Donna Broyles Braden Mariner



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