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I agree, the signal to noise ratio seems to remain about the same, with occasional peaks, and of course dips. I personally don't see any problems, especially when people start including 'OT:' at the beginning of the subject when it starts to drift a bit far off topic. I'd rather have friendly list that has some off topic messages, rather than a Totalitarian always on topic list. The only thing I really care about is that it's pure ASCII, without attachments! Zane | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Adminstrator | | healyzh(a)aracnet.com (primary) | Linux Enthusiast | | healyzh(a)holonet.net (alternate) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.dragonfire.net/~healyzh/ |