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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Dan wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> That said, I'd like to suggest that we refrain from copying </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> large portions of the entire discussion history with each new </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> message. This leads to an N-squared explosion of mail </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> traffic which, for folks using phone lines, could be a reason </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> to have to drop off the list.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Dan, you are absolutely right. My apologies for not being a good citizen. I am causing everyone to suffer from supersized emails and an html habit I can't seem to kick. I swear, I should just use Celeste instead of Outlook. I am trying plain text again for this message.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>We are already over a 1000 this month again. It must be all the discussion about MS yanking the EMBED tag. :) That plus the message size can be overwhelming.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>[On Linda: I would point out that I get about 200k matches a second, which may be slow and too general for a Scheduler. I think that a type restricted Tuple might increase match performance. I will be able to post my work by Monday]</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>- Rob</FONT>
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