I agree with Allison Smith that clear, concise titles to messages are very helpful in sorting through one's e-mail to weed out messages that are not of interest. I would add that we should all make a practice of including our e-mail addresses in the body of our messages. My e-mail is patched in via an internal electronic mail system. As a result, e-mail addresses do not appear in the headings of the messages I receive. I suspect this is true for others on the list (I seem to remember someone else mentioning this problem at some point in the not-too-distant past). This would facilitate responses being directed toward specific individuals and might reduce some of the more or less private chatter on the list. Amy Douglass Tempe Historical Museum [log in to unmask]