Not being in any newsgroups, I can't say which would be better. But I find it just as easy to send a response directly to an individual as to the whole list. I just have to be careful whether I hit "r" or "R". And I delete some messages if the subject is something I'm not interested in. Joanne Sandstrom [log in to unmask] CG for Don, 58, 21 yrs., stim. surgery in 1994