[email protected] (J. Hugh Sullivan) writes: > <snip> Hugh, > I'm not sure why this is giving you a problem, Bob. There are > several ways to avoid reading my posts on this type thread. I > certainly would use one if I already knew everything there was to > know on the subject. It's not giving me a problem at all, although I do think the horse is thoroughly dead by this time and the possible approaches to solving your problem examined. > Several possibilities have been mentioned. Even though I suspect > there is no way other than a password to avoid harvesting I want to > know more about the suggested possibilities. While I think passwording is the best solution in this case, it's not necessarily the answer to every maiden's prayer. Matter of fact, it seems to me you might consider the alternative of publishing only a table of contents and having interested folks contact you for specific content to be returned by email. The problem here, of course, is validating the bona fides of those folks. > And you last paragraph is interesting. You suggest I state the > problem, examine the solutions and draw a conclusion. That's > precisely what I am doing. I feel no compulsion to abide by your > time frame to conclude. I have decided on my method but people are > still responding to me and I'm not going to ignore them. What time frame is that? I don't recall mentioning one and put forth the suggestion of approaching your problem as a staff study or decision paper as perhaps being helpful in organizing your thoughts and arriving at a solution. > And military is correct - I enlisted as a boot seaman at age 17 and > retired 33 years later as 0-5. I was headed overseas in the summer > of 1945, the Japs heard I was coming so they surrendered. There may > have been other coincidental reasons. A mustang, eh? Good on you! > Hugh > > [email protected] (J. Hugh Sullivan) Seriously, my friend, I have no axe to grind here. But looking over the threads here and on soc.gen.computing it's pretty evident that most, if not all, the possible solutions have been put forward. Having delivered myself of _that_ profundity, LCDR Sullivan, I'll now return to lurk mode and enjoy the rest. Best wishes, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Smilin' Ol' Bob -- Robert G. Melson | Rio Grande MicroSolutions | El Paso, Texas ----- "People unfit for freedom---who cannot do much with it---are hungry for power." ---Eric Hoffer [email protected] (Robert Melson)