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Margaret Tuchman wrote re Congressional e-mail : > Unfortunately, most email responses are "automatic"/robot > responses, so you are not really connecting to the congressperson. > It is more valuable if you could call the toll free swithchboard > numbers, 800-962-3524 or 800-972-3524 and ask for your Senator > /Representative. Once you are connected, you could talk to the > health aide or legislative aide. And, don't forget to follow-up. That's been my experience. I tried it and got an automatic reply from Sen. Lautenberg containing a promise to follow up with a letter which I have yet to receive. When you call the 800 number, the operator answers "Capitol", then switches you directly to your Congressperson. It's quite a thrill the first time you do it. But for those who feel more comfortable with e-mail, there's a complete list of addresses at the University of Michigan Library. Access is provided through the Documents Center's web site: http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/federal.html and the ULIBRARY Gopher's web interface: gopher://una.hh.lib. umich.edu:70/00/socsci/poliscilaw/uslegi/conemail If you show your home mailing address clearly at the top of your message it will identify you as one of their constituents. Phil