Kent, What I sometimes do is write the rant, then save it somewhere and get away from the computer for a while.
If I still feel the same way a day or two later, I'll reconsider sending the rant as-is to the person or group who inspired it. That rarely happens. Sometimes I rework it into a more polite comment, however. One rant that's still on my to-do list is for people who send HTML to mailing lists. I hate that. ;-P CMC P.S. Good thing I haven't gotten around to adding a filter rule to class HTML mail as spam (most of it is), or I would have missed your otherwise interesting message. +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Behind the counter a boy with a shaven head stared vacantly into space, a dozen spikes of microsoft protruding from the socket behind his ear. +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ C.M. Connelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] SHC, DS +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+