Jim Cassell tells me that Indirect.Com (Canter & Siegel attorneys) have lost USENET privledges due to their indiscriminant posting of their sales pitch. Apparently, their MO is to send it to a few lists at a time (maybe yesterday was their day to pick on statisticians?) and raise the ire of thousands at a time instead of millions all at once (the better to deal with the incoming mail, I suppose). It probably wouldn't be a bad idea to filter out *.indirect.com, unless you actually WANT to hear from Canter & Siegel. /s Murphy A. Sewall <[log in to unmask]> (203) 486-2489 voice Professor of Marketing (203) 486-5246 fax