Thanks Cindy - that's more than I've heard yet, and my reply/questions were actually quite polite, though I may yet hear something, who knows. It's better than no response, at least - still leaves the question open about the mailing list's origin.
So, I wonder who is the "Microsoft FoxPro "guru" here in the Microsoft Mid Atlantic/DC region" that approved this?
The Anonymous Bureaucrat,
and frankly, quite content not to be
a member of either major US political party.