i believe you can turn off the adds if you put it in the right mode. also you can create how you want your name or id to appear. i think i was able to change mine. it is tricky when you set the preferences since they would like to sell you the world. but i guess nothing is free. i do agree with you though in principle though. guess we really need to sing posts now! andrea
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of S K Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 10:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: BERNER-L - time to take drastic measures Only big drawback to yahoo is that people's names don't show up, just a yahoo id. Plus you have this commercials popping up when you do some search (: I'm going to miss my old Berner-l from prairienet. Sylvia Katvala and Neala Tucson, AZ