>By the way, I've seen this before. What does "<snip>" mean?
It means that part of the original message has been cut away (snipped) at this place.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
