The members of this list are clearly interested in Short Messages, given the recent thread. I'd like to suggest that this interest be expanded to apply to the posts on this list -- my most recent digest contained a number of messages that quoted entire prior digests, that in turn quoted prior messages, that in turn were posted in both ASCII and Mime format. As a result, I had to plow through the same messages as many as 6 times in a single list digest. So this is what is turning into my annual appeal to posters to *not* quote entire digests, and to excerpt only the relevant material from long prior postings when replying. I enjoy the discussion on this list, but increasingly I just delete these huge, redundant digests rather than spending the time to separate the 30% of new material from the 70% of old stuff. A little care in preparing the post will improve the reading experience for lots of people. ======================================================== James H. Watt Professor and Chair, Department of Language, Literature, and Communication Director, Social and Behavioral Research Laboratory Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 110 8th Street, Sage Lab 4708 Troy, NY 12180-3590 email: wattj@rpi.edu voice: (518) 276-2784 fax: (518) 276-4092