Debates in an HTML thread....! I am with Bernard on this one and find email far more convenient. Another great advantage of email for me is that it makes responding to a larger message so much easier - all the original text gets carried over with the reply - I don't have to keep checking back to remind myself what I am replying to and I can quote and answer questions/ pass comment that way - much quicker. OK, one can (and I sometimes do) copy and paste a PM into my reply for these reasons but I find it a lot harder work than using email.

Jon
(still glad the PM system exists though)