In a message dated 8/8/99 1:50:18 AM Mountain Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: [there were a lot of pubmed PMID abstracts - ain't it grand?] reflects **only** my little portion of **only** one month in terms of pienet activity: >> Janet, that's a large index. Please tell me how one becomes an "abstract" and designated as PMID and others have a "re" line.Thanks. Clare Wilson