Hi, On my trip I heard from many digest members of our list about how difficult it is for them when they get the digest and people include the previous message in their replies. I try to write people privately and ask them not to do this, but am not always successfully in gaining cooperation when I do this so feel forced to remind everyone periodically please when you respond to a post, delete as much of the previous message and the list information as possible. If you are responding to an old message you may need a sentence or two as a reference, but certainly not the whole post. If you respond to a digest, please change the subject to reflect what part of the digest you are responding to as well. Cooperation with these two matters will make it easier for all of us to communicate. Thanks. Mary Sue List Administrator who knows you can't lead cats but keeps trying anyway