Hi,

> This should be plain text. Please let me know if it still has attachments.

This one has no attachments.

I didn't comment on the first one, but I use a "steam powered" mail
reader (elm), which doesn't handle them well at all :)

> not fond of html messages and direct email responses are to be expected -

I don't know to what extent they're expected.  Usually, if I'm answering
a question for someone, I'll do a "group reply", which (for me) sends
the reply to the sender *and* the group...because (1) someone else is
probably interested in the same thing, and (2) it might save another
person the task of replying.

> therefore, placing anti-spam text in the return email address is not
> advisable.

It makes it harder for people to reply offline to you.  At least four
times, I've just given up when I've belatedly noticed
that I mailed a response to [log in to unmask]

If you're asking for help, don't add a barrier to getting the answer :)

> Are there any other preferences that I should be aware of?

Well, we tend to prefer MPE over Unix :)

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Stan Sieler                                          [log in to unmask]
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