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hi all the topics feature can be used in any we want to use it my starting point was that this is an online parkinson's support group so i expect that most messages will deal with that area it is not necessary to have a topic named PD that is the whole purpose of the list the topics can be used for those 'borderline' subjects which some members have expressed disinterest in so that they can reduce their mail volume recent examples of 'controversial' subjects: political action hobbies parkinsaw humour/pigs non-pd news items non-pd in general the initial list of topic-names is my own invention just to get us started i see the majority of list-members wanting to receive the majority of posts the topics feature gives us the option to 'pare down' the list volume on an individual basis as we feel the need none of this is set in stone we have 23 possible 'paring' methods it's up to us to decide which ones are important to us i.e. the ones we would actively use to limit our own incoming mail e.g. a couple of years ago, i would have eliminated all 'udall' mail from my subscription i found i wasn't interested in it then [maybe due to my fantasy island abode!] a cyber-thread of messages may develop a life of ots own and weave through many subjects e.g. my 'pome' on estrangement initially had nothing to do with pd but then wandered into depression and tearyness and ended up on the mars mambo express! this is simply a tool which we can use to reduce our mail 'burden' if that's what we want to do it puts the responsibility for 'censorship' or mail restriction on the 'receiver' rather than the 'sender' janet janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset 613 256 8340 po box 171 almonte ontario canada K0A 1A0 a new voice: <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> <[log in to unmask]>