Thanks, Sorcha. Aside from the overuse of "engender" (is there some sort of hidden Freudian subtext?) I think I did a good job.

And I should turn right around and remind all of us that while this sort of thing is a good idea where the offending party is a responsible real-world institution like an elementary school, it is not an equally good idea, or even a good idea at all, to respond in like manner to any and all spam. This is especially true when there may be hidden lists of potential recipients, all of whom will get your reply as metaspam. (The effect is similar to shotgun crossposting on Usenet newsgroups.) Not nice, not fun, let us all be solicitous of the state of our karma etc.

Liland