Here is a summary of the responses I received about my NY Times postings: 33 responses out of 523 subscribers to MUSEUM-L Negatives: 2 One said if he wanted to read the NYT he'd subscribe and that my posts were a breech of net-etiquitte. The other was concerned with overloading systems with unwanted information (good point). Positives or accepting: 31 (there were also 10 or so messages before I kept track either thanking me or asking questions) Of these: 6 said they read the NYT 13 said the NYT was either too costly or not available to them 4 mentioned my "point-of-view" 7 mentioned searching for articles I posted 9 said they were interested in ToC's and other summaries 9 said they might pay for a service like this 1 said they would not pay for a service like this 1 was a fan of Blind Melon 1 admitted drinking coffee at his terminal (naughty, naughty) 3 sent their responses to my America Online address: [log in to unmask] 0 sent their responses to my address at The Thing 5 were from Canada 1 each from Taiwan and South Africa That's it. Robbin Murphy [log in to unmask]