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I don't think anyone has ever put forth that it is too hard to hit the delete key, nor could they. I think the discussion should be framed within the context of what electronic communications currently are, and what they are quickly going to become. With so much of our professional livelihood facilitated, or possibly even determined, by electronic communications systems, we should not focus on annoyances that we can live with, but focus on what these systems, when optimally configured, could provide (might the serials swapping messages be likened to receiving wrong number phone calls five times per day?). I would also have to question why I subscribe to a particular listserv if I automatically delete a substantial number of the posted messages. That is why Netscape became an e-mail and conferencing application, and why Eudora incorporated hot web-links. And this is only the beginning. Mark Pompelia Assoc. Curator, Visual Resources Library The Ohio State University >If everyone used a standard subject heading, as Janine suggests, it would >be quite easy to hit the delete key. As it is now, many people use only a >serial title or some other unhelpful heading, so we end up having to pull >up those messages only to find that they are of no interest to us. When >all of the ARLIS messages are mixed in with all of our other messages, it >does get tedious wading through them. > >Maja Keech, Reference Specialist >Prints and Photographs Division >Library of Congress > >On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Williams - Douglas >M. wrote: > >> Really folks, how hard is it to hit the delete key? >>