Nicolas, I suspect the statistics you cite are inaccurate. There is no reason why the average e-mail user should not also have web access through a *text* browser, such as Lynx. Lynx is very fast, and material (even long files) can be picked up (e-mailed to yourself) very efficiently. I use the web to locate files and then do all my reading off-line. At the moment, I am trying hard to wean my list members from expecting certain files to be sent to them to visiting our web-site and picking those files up themselves. This in no way interferes with the ongoing real-time conversation on the list; it simply streamlines the process. Ingrid Shafer http://astro.temple.edu/~arcc list co-owner: [log in to unmask]