Hi Catherine, somehow I missed the original request about active opticons. I have one which is used regularly. Dorris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Catherine Thomas" <braille@xxxxxxxxx> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 7:46 PM Subject: [optacon-l] How Many Optacons > So far I have heard from 54 Optacon users with a total of 121 Optacons. > I hope to hear from more of you but I would ask a small favor. Please do > not include the original message to which you are replying. Some of you > send a three-line message with three pages of miscellaneous data. Most of > us don't usually look at the actual replies we generate but I think it's > time we should start. Many email programs have the inclusion of the > original message as the default behavior but all programs have a way of > changing this either permanently or for a given message. To give you an > idea of how much this matters, the current messages which I downloaded to > my word processor after editing total about 18 thousand bytes. The same > messages before editing which included everybody's original everything > total over 76 thousand bytes. In cases where messages are being archived > or where persons might want to store them for their informational content, > it can make a big difference. > Thanks to all who replied so far. I hope to hear from many more list > members. > Catherine > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -Catherine Thomas > braille@xxxxxxxxx / > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: > > optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the > quotes) in the message subject. > > Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message > to: > > optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the > quotes) in the message subject. > To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject.