Hi - Am I glad you brought this point up . I've been checking the suse-linux-e since I bought 5.0, '97 was it? anyway , I used to be on a microsoft list for html - they had the feature, NO_MAIL as a command you could use to configure your subscription to get no mails. Since you are subscribed you could post , and read the archives. If someone replys to your post, it gets posted on the list archives - you could also tell people on the list, to cc you if you wanted to keep some replys to your posts. T he suse-linux-e , is a high volume list , users could benefit greatly by implimenting this or similiar - simple concept - . Yes, You are right '' This list is too busy any improvements on the horizon '' Good that you brought it up. John W Mislan -- God does not play dice" -- Einstein "Not only does God play dice, he sometimes throws them where they can't be seen." -- Stephen Hawking