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Got to finally put in my two cents (60 mills after inflation) worth on the topic. I think a practical solution is one that was suggested before: USE TOPIC DESCRIPTORS IN THE SUBJECT LINE. Everybody could submit their list of appropriate headers and a ubiquitous SOMEONE (I volunteer -- you didn't hear that!) can merge them together and post them for all to use. For instance, one topic could be drugs with subtopics being either the class of drugs or the drug name or both. EX: SUBJ: DRUGS, DOPAMINE AGONISTS, MIRAPEX Then those who only want information on current drugs would zero in on those and ignore those messages with topics such as BANTER, HUMOR, and CHIT-CHAT. This would have the additional advantage of making it a lot easier to retrieve on topic messages from the archives. (Okay, so I only put in 1.5 cents worth!) Bruce 55 and counting/9 Sinemet CR, Mirapex guinea pig ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bruce G. Warr "Experience is what enables us to recognize Healthcare Informatics Lab a mistake the next time we make it." Information Systems Dept. University of Maryland Baltimore County http://umbc.edu/~warr/ (V) (410)455-3206 (F) (410)455-1073 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~