First my apologies to those who like me are on both com-priv and nanog. I'll edit out the individuals involved so that they'll only get one copy. I'm working at home on a MUA, (why not, everyone else has done one;), and I'll have to remember to add in a feature like that in a good usenet reader that will only present an article to me once even when coming from different sources. Hm...that way I'd only personally notice a spam on on of the mailing lists I'm on:) I suppose a message digest of the body of the article would suffice, if the digest is the same, then the article's the same. It won't catch everything, but it will be better than now. PGP signed articles will be a breeze to catch. Anyway... There's a danger here that what was a comparatively productive discussion will falter now since no one wants to seem like they are in the same boat as Sean Doran and his parliamentary procedure bandwagon. (Boy is that weird mixed metaphors or what? <grin> ;) Let's just ignore the silliness and go on with our discussion. Patrick _______________________________________________________________________ / These opinions are mine, and not Verity's (except by coincidence;). \ | (\ | | Patrick J. Horgan Verity Inc. \\ Have | | patrick@verity.com 1550 Plymouth Street \\ _ Sword | | Phone : (415)960-7600 Mountain View \\/ Will | | FAX : (415)960-7750 California 94303 _/\\ Travel | \___________________________________________________________\)__________/