Hi Alvin, Thanks for letting me know the welcome message is working. As far as I know, I have no control over those "housekeeping" messages from free. Now my big question is why messages from you, Hugh and me do not have the footer message, while those from Rod do have a footer. I will have to do more research. Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: alvin blazik To: blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 8:35 AM Subject: [blind-chess] Re: List Welcome message question Richard, After I sent my subscription email, I received 2 return emails: the first seemed to ve a transaction record of my subscribe request and the second was the confirmation to subscription request . Also, when I replied to the subscription request confirmation I received 2 more emails in return: first was a transaction report of the confirmation reply and the second was the welcome email which was complete in giving all the necessary information for the list functions such as unsubscribe, post and subscribe. The first email in both situations above seems unnecessary to the user. Can it be eliminated? Alvin ----- Original Message ----- From: R Dinger To: blind-chess Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 11:14 AM Subject: [blind-chess] List Welcome message question Good Morning, Can anyone tell me if they received a welcome message outlining the purpose of this list, the list posting rules and instructions on how to post messages? Any additions or corrections to that welcome message are strongly encouraged and can be sent to the list for discussion (or privately to me). Richard