Between the time (about ten minutes) I sent my last readable post in response to Eric Dean's remarks I changed no settings in my mail program yet the next messages I sent to lit-ideas came through, as you know, garbled and unreadable. A request to the list owner for techno help hasn't yet been answered. I'll try this, to see if the cybergods have relented--if not, I'm signing off. Best to all, Robert ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html