On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, AllanRos wrote: > The local phone companies have petitioned the FCC for permission to bill all > users for the time spent on e-mail. What a blow this would be to our mailing > list and for all e-mail. Hm. I don't know how AOL's mail works, but would it be possible for you to use an "offline" mail program like Eudora? If so, you could download all your mail to you computer, turn the modem off, read mail, answer mail, re-connect to AOL and upload all your new letters. That would minimize your phone-bill... /John. (28/0)