>>And, sorry to point this out Jay, but the way Museum-L is set up, a reply instead of a reply-to-all will still send a message to the list. John, many thanks for pointing this out! But why in the world is our list set up this way? Given the option of "replying" or "replying to all," one assumes it means what it says -- that we can reply privately or publicly. I want to do whatever I can to combat the current outbreak of Spams on the list. Jay