Error messages from AOL are the least of my problems with them -- the worst problem I have had (since last fall when they exploded) is that messages just get lost in space, WITHOUT an error message. Specifically, I have had posters send messages to the list and the message never shows up, and they don't get an error message back. I don't know why that happens, but it's very frustrating. On the other side, there are posters who I know are missing messages and I am not getting error messages back from their ISP. It's most likely to be AOL, but Juno can be an offender. And Earthlink! I look at AOL kind of like a subscription magazine. You belong to it to do AOL things, some of which are neat. And it also depends on where you live geographically -- there seems to be more trouble in certain geographic regions, probably because of the path the message takes. I suspect more and more you will see subscribers do what my family has done -- we have our mail ISP and we also have AOL for ... AOL. I never use it for email. The kids do sometimes, because it offers alternate addresses and they can have their own. We are in a position to recommend to subscribers if they want a new ISP that they try cfids.net -- which is a "signature" site that serves both to advertise our illness, and the profits go to the national advocacy organization. I think you'll see more of that, too. (It's 17.00/mo for members, 19.99/mo nonmembers, the usual price, plus -- if you're interested -- 5 megs WEBspace for $5 more -- I think!) Getting a whole new set of problems from WEBtv customers who either can't figure out how to cut and paste, or don't have the capacity to do it. Mary Schweitzer