> In addition, if someone > who speaks understandable English and seems to know what he is talking > about tells me ... Not having seen the original messages, I can't tell whether they fell in the above category or not. I was trying to cover all the possibilities. I certainly don't condone chronic non-replying (especially when it happens to me!), but there's still the old rule: "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all." John