>thanks for yours, candice > >maybe we should go back to the closed list version - people having to >provide ids etc to join. what's the view on this? I wasn't gpoing to say anything about this. Although I did BC Randolph to tell him I thought his post was rational. I can meet the 'standards' of providing ids, but I would also hope that there isn't really a need to do so. I like things more or less the way they are. And I agree with those who keep pointing out that we each have filters if we need them. Or just check the id on the In list & don't bother opening the damn thing... Douglas Barbour Department of English University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta Canada T6G 2E5 (h) [780] 436 3320 (b) [780] 492 0521 http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm How, but thru a monstrous 'specialism', the so-called authority of erstwhile 'professionals', have we come to leave _breath_ out of images and _images_ out of breath, anyhow? Roy Kiyooka %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%