On the subject of whether personal postings should be considered as representing the company, I should point out that: 1: NSF and several regional nets have acceptable use policies which do not permit commercial use. 2: Messages posted by the company (or by someone who is assumed to represent the company) would be in violation of these policies if the messages crossed the applicable networks. 3: There is no way to prevent a specific message over usenet from crossing a specific network. 4: The owner of a network site (the company) is assumed to be responsible for any "unacceptable use" traffic that comes from the site. 5: This liability would leave the company open to having its net feed cut off for such unacceptable use. It is therefore in the best interests of any corporation with Internet/Usenet access to _assume_ that messages posted by its employees are not company business. So what's all the fuss about? :-) -- Matthew B. Landry | mbl@mail.msen.com President of Project SAVE | (313)971-5469 (H/W) My opinions are my most prized posession. I don't share them.