Beware: I couldn't think of any alternatives after this lex-meme flooded my mind.... It's fairly contrived, but not as bad as the coff / robotussin pair from GNU bintools... I'm interested in discussing, reviewing, and writing parts of the proposed new netnews system extensions/rewrites. I've been modifying the current system anyway, so why not? (I have already added compressed/archived news storage to INN and Tin for my Local Internet Gateway (LIG) project/company/turn-key system.) Now, about a name: the first thing that popped into my mind is: PANTO (need I point this out? [MIME] Hey, one good name deserves another...) What's it stand for? hmmm.. Protected, Anonymous News Transaction Operation or Operator Protected Ambiguity Net Transaction Option Protected, Authenticated News Trans. Option Oligarchy (hmmm. got to look that one up) (Begins with O, syn. for: system, server, standard, service, interconnect, format) A PantoMime system is therefore one that supports News, Mail, with Mime, PGP/PEM/whatever, etc. capabilities. I always view News, Mail, and IRC as three legs of a triad of speed/bandwidth/audience tradeoffs so I'd like to have a cute extension to cover realtime interactive also. sdw