Dear Jerry et al.,

I think, from things I've read in the past on the Internet, that possibly
your browser automatically sends something like a "business card" as an
attachment &, if you look under "Preferences" or something like, that you
can turn that kind of thing off - it's a fairly harmless attachment - sort
of just a fancy signature, but it "mucks it up" a bit for some lists. I
certainly can't guarantee this is the problem, since I'm surely no computer
expert, but I've seen this kind of thing cause problems on other lists in
the past.

May I suggest to everyone, who might need advice or reminders on
list-posting, that you SHOULD 1) capitalize all surnames, 2) delete previous
extra detritus & unneeded parts of posts to which you're responding, 3) make
your subject headings as specific as possible, 4) address the list as the
humans we are, 5) send unuseful-to-the-list private communications to the
people for whom they're specifically intended, 6) sign with your real name,
7) save your instructions so as not to be forced to try to UNSUBSCRIBE by
posting to the list, which usually won't do any good, 8) answer to the full
list when you have some important info, from which others besides the
intended recipient might profit, 9) proofread & THINK before you send, and
10) just use patience & your delete key when you don't like something.

This is one of the "sloppiest" lists I've seen in the 3 years I've been on
the Internet, with regards to a lot of the above, and if everyone could
follow a few rules such as these regarding basic list etiquette, it will
make it a more pleasant & fruitful experience for all! (Sorry this is so
long, but it's been quite an experience the last few days dealing with
unnecessary or problematic posts from this list...

Good luck & other best wishes to all,

Barbara (V. Smith)
Athens, OH
[email protected]
my recently-updated website can be found at:
http://www.geocities.com/bcvsmith/
and my GEDCOM database on Rootsweb's WorldConnect site is at:
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bcvs
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 From: "origfatdac" 
> Organization: Microsoft Corporation
> Reply-To: [email protected]
> Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 01:02:09 -0400
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: .Re: Message to the List subscribers
> Resent-From: [email protected]
> Resent-Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 22:05:16 -0700 (PDT)
> 
> I did NOT send any attachment to this list!!!..........
> 
> JerrySanford@EttersPA
>