I've had several side postings to me in addition to the ones you've all seen. In no case has anyone taken up the policy issue that I've raised: are anonymous postings a good idea? Almost all (one exception) have focussed on whether they are preventable. Lacking any expressed interest in the policy issue I quietly recede into the darkness. It's apparent that this audience isn't interested in it. I regret that, and take the advice of several of you to drop it. --Peter Graham, Rutgers University Libraries