Yes, the default for new (and old) members would be for all the topics to be enabled. Most current members would turn off the OTHER: topic pretty quick. Anyone who didn't want off topic discussions would turn off [OT]: Don't want advertisements? Turn of [AD]:, Really not interested in non-PIC engineering posts? Off goes [EE]: That leaves just [PIC]: as the minimum... --- James Newton (PICList Admin #3) mailto:jamesnewton@piclist.com 1-619-652-0593 PIC/PICList FAQ: http://www.piclist.com or .org -----Original Message----- From: pic microcontroller discussion list [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Andrew Kunz Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 10:29 To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Re: BIG NEWS! Server Topic Filtering [ADMIN] I personally hate having machines think for me. I would hope the default for current members would be to enable everything, and only if they don't want it they can opt-out. Andy