Sense Gene brings up the issue of reading all the mail first before replying, how about folks try a little editing of the quoted material of a message as well. Its nice to quote a small portion of a message just the part that might be necessary, but otherwise quoting the entire message generally isn't necessary. I know its easy to hit that reply button and type on and hit send. Not bitching folks, but for those who use dial up it would probably be a bit helpful especially if they have to pay as the go. thanks ps, no that's not me I have ADSL, but am thinking of others.