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Darwin.... You've gotta rethink how one should arrive at a realistic near-true number of "test" messages that are in the PD archives. And the first thing you've gotta do to achieve those correct numbers is throw out the numbers as they exist today and start over again (don't get all in a flap about that - it shouldn't take you more than three or four hours) <wee smirk> Now that you're back at square-one, figure only ONE test message per individual (no matter HOW many times they post their "test" messages on any given day) You see, it's a "them against us" world (with "THEM" being the computers of the world owned by very insecure people who could NEVER send only ONE "test" message in a 24 hour period. It would drive them NUTS to just post one teensy weensy little message that says "test" on it. So what do they do? Why they post their "test" messages 68 times in one day, and maybe another coupla dozen "test" messages in the evenings (Heck... I'm surprised they can even lift their hand and de-cramp their fingers long enough to type something even so indignificant as the word "test" by evening!(grin) Anyway... if ya delete or otherwise ignore repeated "test" messages originating from the the same person. on a per diem basis, the number SHOULD drop dramatically. Of course, the individual who is a compulsive, dyed-in-the-wool "test-message-junkie" is not going to be hampered by the fact that someone in Oshgosh refuses to send them a response to their "test" message After all - they can send even MORE of them "test" messages the next day! Gotta go now and count the number of replies to my original test messsge (YOU remember THAT don't ya? It's th message wherein I requested no responses! <LOL> Barb (thinking Darwin is one very funny guy) Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Hawkins, Darwin <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Friday, October 20, 2000 10:07 AM Subject: Test Messages >I was curious about how many e-mails are generated responding to someone's >"Test" message or request. >So, I went to the archives and did a search. There were 86,207 that >contained the word "test". (There will now be 86,208 I suppose!) > >Sure, the subjects we discuss, treatments, diagnosis, etc. is going to cause >a lot of usage of this word, but 86,207; WOW! > >Anyway, maybe rather than many many people responding to someone's "test" >message, maybe we need just a few DTRs (Designated Test Responders) for want >of a better name.