On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 10:18:41 +0000, Ruth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I believe I have the answer for those prepared to use webmail. (I'm > sorry this therefore won't suit those on dial-up.) > > Get a Gmail account and subscribe to individual messages. Gmail works > brilliantly for my genealogy email list subscriptions. It groups > messages together by subject - so you get a whole string filed > together. It hides text repeated from earlier emails giving you the > option to "Show quoted text". It has 1Gb capacity so encourages users > to archive emails rather than delete them - it then uses Google > technology to search those archived messages where necessary. You can > set up filters to identify, for example, all messages to the Legacy > list or all emails sent directly to you. As you can see I'm a bit of > a convert. I've got no connection with the product - just a satisfied > customer. > > Gmail is still in beta so is only available by invitation but I've got > 50 invitations to give away so would be happy to forward them to > listers if they drop me an email. > > Ruth > > Along this same line, Gmail hides quoted text if you don't delete the >'s. Also, by deleting the >'s a reader doesn't know what they can skip, because they've already read it. It's a nice idea, but used best when forwarding emails, not in a mailing list.
I also have a few gmail invites, but please contact me offlist. Any time you make an individual request, please email that person directly. Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
