A valid point in most cases, Robert. However, in this case I believe that it is proof that the list serv is encountering major issues. For the record, I received your reply at 22:53 on July 13th and am replying at 17:08 on July 14th. I have sent a message to who I believe to be the list serv owner, but have not received a reply. Dave On 3-Jul-09, at 20:37, Robert Ameeti wrote: > At 10:52 PM -0400, 6/20/09, Mark Des Cotes wrote: > >> Hi all, please ignore this message. > > Instead of writing a 'test' message, how about posting some tip that > you've seen somewhere or perhaps ask a question that you've been > meaning to ask but hadn't gotten around to it. > > Test message are just a waste of everyone's time.