I was not the least bit pissed, although I got it twice, and I frankly don't understand why anyone should be. The message in question was a list of papers (available by ftp) concerning the setting up of e-mail networks in third-world countries. It was forwarded to a large number of e-mail lists devoted to some particular country or countries in the third world. There was nothing commercial about it--Larry Press was forwarding this as a service to the readers of the lists, not because he was trying to sell something or give maximum distribution to his political or religious views. Since attaining and achieving e-mail connectivity to the countries involved is one of the most popular topics on CENTAM-L (and probably most of the other lists it went to), this seems to me entirely appro- priate. Mass mailings are not always wrong. -- John Schonholtz [log in to unmask]