Dear Conch-L'ers, Several reasons for this posting. First, apologies to anyone who expected an E-mail from me the last few days, and didn't receive it. Second, any E-mail you received from me in the last hour or so, either privately or through Conch-L, was actually sent a couple of days ago. That's why some of it is rather redundant, other contributors having covered some the topics thoroughly over the past couple of days. Thirdly, a little story - Apparently, none of the E-mail generated by Rhode Island's largest hospital (where I work) over the last couple of days ever left the premises, due to some glitch in the server. This morning I called the Information Services Department, and informed them of the problem, and apparently they have corrected it over the past four hours. When I called, they still didn't realize there was a problem. How did I happen to notice this situation when the 1,500 other computer users in the facility didn't? By means of a powerful diagnostic tool that I have and they don't have - Conch-L! I first got suspicious when a couple of postings to Conch-L didn't come back to me. Then I tried sending myself E-mail from various computer stations, and none of that arrived either. However, I was receiving Conch-L postings from other folks, so I knew the incoming E-mail was okay, and the problem had to be in the outgoing mail. I wonder how long this situation might have persisted if it weren't for Conch-L! Apparently non of the E-mails were lost, and they all went out in a flood over the past hour or so. If you still have not received an expected E-mail from me, please let me know. Thanks. Paul M.