In a message dated 6/18/98 4:30:44 PM Central Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: << If your service provider has an automatic reply system which acknowledges that you have received a message, please disable it. With the volume of messages posted to this list each day, the number of acknowledgements is overwhelming not only to me but to our listserver host which sends each and every one of them to me as an error message. >> I'll bet you that many folks (like me) do not know whether they have one of these. Regards, WHH 54/18