Some providers like Yahoo put anything they don't like into a spam file and you have to clean it out. You can make everyone on the list part of your contact list to avoid this, or just move stuff you want back to the in box. Some providers block all incoming mail on principal. I find this off putting. And some just don't work 1/2 the time and people just get angry. But there are other providers that do not make it so hard to work with things like The List. Yahoo is my choice, it could be worse, the address is free and all I have to do is ignore the ads, easy enough really. But when I try to reply to some members of the list privately, I get an email back demanding I prove my value. Honestly, I am just not going to do this. I know what I have to say is valuable, to me at least, and maybe to the person I am trying to write to privately, but if I am blocked, well, curse words...it. As for dog related, they want me to play with them instead of discussing issues on the list. I think we all suffer from that, unless you don't have any dogs....... Hugs to all, sheila ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================