This kind of personal messages also damage the quality of the list. Please READ the USAGE GUIDELINES, I didn't set the file up at Maelstrom just for bureaucratic reasons. I composed it myself and has as its aim to make communication feasible through the CHOMSKY network. There is a whole section devoted to Methodology of discussions on the Chomsky network which reads: For the benefit of the list and its members we ask that you ... o check that you are mailing your message to the appropriate recipient: personal messages to the person, collective messages to the mailing list, administrative commands to the listserver o use a "Subject:" line which defines the content of your message o quote selectively from posts that you respond to, for the most part, a complete quote is not necessary o favour short messages over long messages, unless the topic requires a long message o if you disagree with what someone has said, respond to the message -- don't attack the person __________________________________ Please, pay heed to what is written above, or else we will soon lose the list. In spite of continuing subscription, about 40 a day, we are barely 200 members, which means that 80 subscribers left the list in the lapse of 7 days, since CHOMSKY list was launched. In a message dated 1 May 97 at 9:19, Richard D. Osborn says: > Gary-- > > I would like to know the same thing. If you get an answer, please > let me know, too. > > --Richard Osborn > > ---------- > > From: Gary Plowick <[log in to unmask]> > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: > > Date: Thursday, May 01, 1997 8:50 AM > > > > Is there a problem with LISTSERV? How do I get OUT OF HERE????! Juan Carlos Garelli, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Early Development Attachment Research Center University of Buenos Aires