"Am I mistaken? " Eb

"Yes." The Sham

Huh? In what way was my assumption mistaken? You had not mentioned emailing.

"You do of course need the e mail address. I have often sent a thread's URL in an email to enable friends and others who I think may be interested or who may be able to help - to directly respond to a thread or to a specific point in a thread.

"If this proposal is implemented - they would not be able to continue to do this without first becoming a member. "

"They would not be able to continue to do this without first becoming a member" And how difficult is that, Roger? And if the subject is so interesting what would stop you from copy and pasting pertinent parts and sending it to friends through email?

I am in favor of members only.