Within two weeks of joining Museum-L I was ready to unsubscribe because I was overwhelmed by the number of messages. Someone on the computing center staff here suggested the following procedure, which I offer to other Internet beginners. I am ambivalent about the idea of splitting the Museum-L list and am trying out this method for the time being. >At the "message read command" type "q" (for quick scan). >At the "message scan command" type the message # with which you want to begin your scan. >A list of messages, including the source and the subject, will appear on your screen. Jot down the numbers which interest you, and use the "r (message number)" command to read those messages, e.g. "r 72000" means read message number 72000. >When you are finishing reading the messages, type "r skip." That tells the system to skip the messages you did not read, so they do not remain on your list of unread messages. Helen Glazer, Rosenberg Gallery, Goucher College [log in to unmask]