<HTML>For the plain text fundamentalists, a word on my travails. It is clear to me, after numerous attempts and endless hours, that AOL 6.0 will simply not send a plain text message. I am also locked into AOL, for reasons I do not need to explain to all opnce again. Consequently, I went about, on the advice of folks on this list, attempting to obtain software which would allow me to send plain text messages. I purchased a copy of Eudora via downloading from the web, and my office computer crashed shortly thereafter, leaving me with zilch. This weekend I bought a hard copy of Eudora, and discovered -- after much grief in trying to make it work -- that it is impossible to access AOL, Compuserve or MSN through Eudora or other similiar software. That is something Eudora tells you after the fact. Having thrown close to $100 down the drain [probably enough to cover the cost of a week or two of LBO-Talk], I am putting a close to all attempts to find a plain text alternative. Please don't send other folks on similiar wild goose chases on other listservs. Leo Casey United Federation of Teachers 260 Park Avenue South New York, New York 10010-7272 (212-598-6869) Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never has, and it never will. If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation are men who want crops without plowing the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its waters. -- Frederick Douglass -- </HTML>