Hi Pat, and everyone, FYI Folks, you can use ellipses very easily, when you write an email, but only want to focus on key points. These are a series of 3 dots [periods] to show that information was omitted from the original message. The basic way to do this is space point space point space point space...like this: ( . . . ) not (...) Please see my example below, and how I only focused on the "meat" of Pat's message. This slims down email posts, doesn't repeat whole emails, yet lets readers know what part of Pat's message I'm responding to onlist. Easy! Barb NYC Researcher ================== nymets11@pacbell.net writes: > I have rejected a number of messages, posted to the list and held, > because of their size for my approval . . . it is easy to delete most of the > message you are responding to and just leave the part that got you to reply > with some helpful information. However, look below the repeated message . . . > Those are what have to all be deleted!. > Pat