I would like to recommend that under the guidelines for using Lactnet something like the following be added. When a response is of a personal nature, such as responding to "What is Mary Smith's e-mail" or one is including personal information that would be best kept confidential, or is definitely off-topic, or mentions individuals or products in a way that you don't want the whole world to read, then respond only to the original poster. When a poster asks for personal response because she doesn't read Lacntet that often, or just because she finds it easier to file such info by individual posts rather than cutting and pasting from a digest, respond to both the original poster and to Lactnet as a whole. This is anytime the subject would have interest beyond the one who originally asked the question. If this was the general rule, we could avoid a lot of the postings that simply say "Please send me the info also" whenever there has been a request to post privately. In fact, I (and many others from my experience) will always respond both to the individual and to Lactnet in general any time I am responding to a question or comment from a specific individual. In my case, I don't mind getting it double-both personally and in the digests. That way, if I was to save the response, it is easy to do. Winnie *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html