:-) Since mine is the only other reply I've seen so far, I must say it was not my intent to be heavier than expected. . . . just wanted to explain some of the background so the root cause of the problem would be better understood. For the most part, more participants here are much better about this I have seen in other groups. Its a shame the email clients have stopped recognizing the --, but that is no excuse for the humans to be rude. And despite all the mail-bots I encounter on the net I'm sure there *is* still a few humans out there. I frequently remember to trim my repliy immediately after I click the send button. That makes me wonder what Thunderbird was doing when they left out the "outbox". :-D I sometimes leave a lot of the thread in a reply, especially when there is pertinent data there or when it is a late reply and some memory boosting may be necessary. Some of our threads are good examples. Don Gman wrote: > Hmm, I had hoped that your post would be met with a lighter touch. > > --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------