<< << I think the problem may possibly be AOL and not the listserv. >> >> << I'm certain that that is the problem. I have huge lags between when I send mail and when it actually arrives. >> Ditto. But I choose to think of it as an adventure (my mental sleuth kicks in, wondering, now, what could that possibly be about?) or a shortcut (oh boy, there's the clip of the original post and a reply already! Except, of course, when the replier tortures me by not including any direct reference to the original message [even by subject title] . . . . . I guess that's when to go back into my adventure mode.) Deanne Charlton (CG) [log in to unmask], but who knows when it gets there