Hi Amy,
        I know exactly how you feel.
        Lately we have been swamped with e-mail that should be sent direct
and not to
conch-l.
        The topics seem to bve getting further and further away from its main
purpose,
the discussion of moluscs.
        I hope those who have been abusing the conch-l will wake up and smell
the
scent of what has been put out latley, before we all lose this great site.
                                                            Mel S.