This message was originally submitted by [log in to unmask] to the ATEG list -- Personally, I prefer the old system. The program I use for e-mail lets me scan incoming messages for sender and topic before I read them. I used to dump the fax etc. messages before opening them, which wasn't that hard to do. Then I could see who had written about what. After reading, I often keep messages in the active window so that I can go back to them. When everything has Jim's name on it, I can't tell what is what without opening everything all over again. (For example, I had to open numerous messages to find the message that Bill Murdick just gave me permission to post.) -- By the way, Bill, where do you teach? I can, however, live with the new system if that is what most members want,. Thanks, Ed V.