This came over our Reuters wire - it looks like the Prodigy message in question was not a private message, but rather a message on a public forum (where Prodigy is known to monitor such things.) I wonder whether this correction is going to get press in the print media, most of which are not likely to be hip enough to be able to convey the difference to their readers (who are not necessarily likely to know or care). --Ed From: reuters@msen.com (Msen Reuters News) Newsgroups: msen.reuters.domestic Subject: [prodigy] Am-prodigy correction Date: 21 Aug 1993 20:54:46 -0400 Organization: Msen, Inc. -- Ann Arbor, MI (acct info +1 313 998-4562) Keywords: AM-PRODIGY AM-PRODIGY CORRECTION In MEDINA, Washington item headlined U.S. TEENAGER FINDS DEATH 'THREAT' HAS ITS PRICE please read in 3rd graf ...The girl told police she made the threat in a message on an electronic bulletin board... instead of ...in an electronic message. (Correcting form of transmission of message). A corrected story follows immediately. REUTER