<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> The volume of mail on Celiac has resulted in a larger than normal number of errors (full disks). This is especially noticeable for AOL IDs. If you do not receive any mail for a 24 hour period, this might be the best place to start researching the source of the problem. When your provider's disk assigned to your ID is full, there is no way for the Listowners to communicate this information to you. A query to the LISTSERV or one of the Listowners will not result in any replies, all replies are bounced (returned) to the sender. We can reduce this type of problems, by utilizing the following general rules. 1. Ask yourself if the posting pertains to the subject of being a celiac or adapting to the GF lifestyle. 2. Use selected quotating when replying to a message. This means to reduce a previous message to only those lines needed as a lead in to your reply. 3. Evaluate your reply before sending it to the List. Is it directed at only a single individual or does the majority of the List have an interest in the subject. 4. It is critical when seeing the disclaimer notice to determine if your reply is going to a person or the List. 5. When you receive a private reply, that is of interest to the List, repost it for everyone's benefit. In your postings, invite replies to your ID, with a statement that you will summarize back to the List. 6. Replies are not required for every message that you see on the List. Me-toos and thank-yous are not improving the quality of this List, they only create additional mail to scan each day. 7. If you are a new subscriber, remember to read the system reference files or perform a database search before posting a question. To improve the appearance of messages, it is requested that you change you mail program configuration to 73 columns instead of the old standard of 80 columns. If you have any questions about what your mail program is doing? Try sending a message to yourself and then replying to it. This is an excellent way of understanding how your posted message will look. I have posted a wonderful reference file on netequiette on the LISTSERV. It is available by sending to [log in to unmask] GET CELIAC NETIQUET CELIAC The above thoughts are not hard fast rules, only thoughts on how to improve our List. If you have any thoughts or questions on this subject, please email me at my personal address. For the Listowners, Mike Jones ([log in to unmask])