Do you mean to hint that the faithful Hayes 300 baud modem I use right now is outdated?

>It's not just a readability issue on removing extra messages. It has to do also with data transfer. Believe it or not, there are still people today using dial up and being charged per byte transfer.
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>>I am a top poster. I think it works well and I don't even have to remove the extra messages to enhance readability.