Dischino, I appreciate your comments, but I was given to understand that private messages were just that - private! I have been lucky to make the acquaintance of a couple of people who are lucky enough to know somebody, who know's somebody etc., etc., and have appreciated the knowledge that they have passed on - a lot of times with a proviso "for your eyes only" or a "not for public consumption" attached. Can you imagine how my acquaintances would feel that, having trusted me not to say anything, some other person comes along and posts what only I should know? No, it is totally unacceptable that anyone other than the recipient has access to private messages. I cannot agree with you in this instance that Agoracom snooping is not an issue. MTS