George, Your confusion and distress are understandable - the last few weeks have been something short of the lists finest hour. I am sorry this had to be your 1st impression of us. I will be sad if it is your only impression of us. This list at its best is a powerful resource, even as it is now you will find useful exchanges being made. But I do agree - it takes a bit of "sifting" to find them. Only you can decide if it's worth the effort - but for what its worth my advice is give it a try - you will soon learn to separate the wheat from the chaff. It helps, as I have done, to have your list mail delivered to a separate folder. That way you don't have the additional problem of sorting list mail from private. (It also makes it easy on the days when only chaff is blowing in the wind to "Select All" and delete the lot with a keystroke - but please don't tell anyone I do that :-) Dennis +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dennis Greene 50/dx 37/ onset 32 "I'm well thanks - its my body that has the problems" email - [log in to unmask] Website - http://members.networx.net.au/~dennisg/ (most recent update -Nov 5, 1999) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++