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I can't, and won't, speak for Allison. However, from conversations I've carried on with her in the past, she likes, as do I, the "in-band" method of replying to a pervious poster's comments, like I'm doing now. Of course, since the only part of your message I wanted to reply to was the snippet above, this message isn't a good demonstration of what I'm trying to say. Anyway, it's easier to intersperse my replies with the original comments- I do not like the way many people just stick all their comments either at the top or at the bottom of a message. Now, if I reply to an HTML-format message and intersperse my remarks with the originals, and FORGET to convert from HTML to plain-text before I begin, some people will see my post and see only the quoted original, and won't see my replies unless they want to wade through the HTML-ized version of it. If we were all just posting manifestos, Allison and I might not object as much as we do. But we're trying to carry on conversations, and I simply think plain text does the best job of carrying that conversation. I live for the day when Outlook or Exchange allow me to simply establish a filter that strips all incoming mail of any HTML.... Regards, -dq