>>Not having discussed this issue with Barbara, I may be off track but what
>>occurs to me on this subject is the situation such as in the following
>>scenario. Suppose, as I think Barabara suggests, I am browsing through my
>>new messages and come across a thread that appears to be of particular
>>interest which is also apparently "live" or currently active, ie, seems
>>that real-time to-and-from messages are coming in on the subject as I am
>>reading it. Now if, at this point, I have not reviewed the remaining
>>messages below this message in the new message list then in this situation,
>>in order to read the follow-up incoming messages "attached" to this thread
>>and I would have to click on the "Get new Messages" icon thereby "wiping
>>out" the remaining - and as yet unread - messages. Hence I then have to
>>logout and relog on with clicking the little box on the sign-in page to
>>retrieve those remaining messages in order to now read them. The
>>alternative is that I have to read all my messages first and then return to
>>the thread of interest, however if there are a great number of other
>>messages to read, by the time I can return to the thread of interest it may
>>be that the moment to participate directly in an "interactive" mode has now
>>passed.
>
>UT is turning real time, hey. :) I will see what can done.

Great Michel: I am really looking forward to meeting you. I love this forum. It never ceases to amaze me with what I can learn here. And by the way, I am relieved that none of the words I used this time needed me to go to Mr. Webster for explanation. :)))