Bearded Bruce:

Reconsider this one:
Titmouse- I accept with pleasure your invitation for the theater tomorrow evening

Is there then to be a separate code word for acceptance of an invitation to dinner? Lunch? Breakfast? Drink after work?

Are there to be separate codes for acceptance of theater for the day after tomorrow, or for next Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and so on? Or for a concert instead of the theater?

The "accept with pleasure your invitation" module would make sense, I suppose, but in the "Titmouse" example there are not one but two additional pieces of variable information built in.

As to the hotel reservation, there is also at least one variable. Unless the list builder intends the list only for his own personal marital situation, the "myself and wife" makes "Rutaceous" unusable for someone traveling alone, or vacationing with children or a nurse or valet, or for someone wanting only a room rather than a suite. And of course such a list, to be useful, has to be very widely distributed, understandable, and applicable, both for senders and recipients.

I still say it sounds strange to have some of these canned messages set up in advance, especially if the code list is to be referred to by a variety of users.

Dave Oesterreich