Paula,
   Thank you.  That's good to know.  Apologies to George, though I would prefer to have the subject title reflect the content of the message.


>
> From: Paula Sullivan <>
> Date: 2004/07/23 Fri AM 08:21:53 EDT
> To: 
> Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] List piracy
>
> On Jul 23, 2004, at 7:14 AM, Bob Ringler wrote:
>
> > George,
> >    Unfortunately your observations in the archives will appear with
> > subject title "List piracy". Unless a researcher checks every message
> > in the archives your observations are likely to be overlooked.
>
> Bob,
>
> I agree that it is best to reflect the message content in the subject
> title, but even when that is not done, a researcher can still easily
> find what they are looking for by searching the archives.
>
> As a test, I just went to the MDOsprey archives and entered
> "Bonaparte's Gull" in the search box. For dates, I chose 20 July 2004
> to 23 July 2004. Voila! I came up with George Jett's message titled
> "List piracy." Within it, of course, was his mention of the Bonaparte's
> he found at Morgantown. The beauty of these search engines is that they
> look to the entire message for key words, so you can still find what
> you are looking for even if the author's subject title was a little
> "off the subject."
>
> Hurray for archives, no matter which pathway you use to get to them!
> And, it is so good to see "Recent Postings from MDOsprey Birding List"
> back on Birdingonthe.Net, albeit with a few days' posts missing. Thank
> you, Norm. Those posts can still be found in the archives.
>
> Paula Sullivan
> Alexandria, VA
>

Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD