Hi Ken and others, A loosing battle it may be, but Mary Sue had kept the list flowing smoothly for over a decade with occasional reminders and most members will remember to follow. Since we have a lot of turnover on the list, new members don't always know or remember to shorten the previous message. I know that I'm guilty of this myself when I first started using the list. So here too, is a reminder from me to just spend a few seconds doing that so everyone could benefit from the great content of the list :) Happy posting, Nhu Nguyen PBS President ----- On Sep 25, 2014 9:50 PM, "Kenneth" <k.preteroti@verizon.net> I concur that 'cleaning up' ones email before posting would be nice and from a management perspective reduce storage requirements but what you are asking is a losing battle. Mary Sue I believe the issue is people are replying from their email and not from the list. As you are aware when hitting reply when you are in the list the previous messages do not show. That is not the case with email. I concur that 'cleaning up' ones email before posting would be nice and from a management perspective reduce storage requirements but what you are asking is a losing battle. Ken P Old Bridge, NJ Zone 6b