<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> My message about AOL was not that it was a threat to the list just that if subscribers took to posting messages to a local BBS service and not to the list then people not on that BBS wouldn't be able to share in their communications. ie the original point was missed :-) P.S. thanks for the stats about membership Colin from soaking wet London, England at 2 in the morning. [log in to unmask]