It's quite easy, in any mail client or webmail system, to filter messages by sender. I never receive any of the plethora of ludicrous anti-MS rantings. If you don't receive them, you won't be tempted to feed the trolls who perpetrate them. Feeding trolls only keeps them begging for more. <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Garret E. Traylor <<a href="mailto:hpp@highpointpiano.com">hpp@highpointpiano.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> Microsoft/Mac Freeks, Please STOP wasting the pianotech bandwidth with on your off topics. I don't like coming here for this reason. Garret -----Original Message----- From: <a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] On Behalf Of Duaine Hechler Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 3:40 PM To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a> Subject: [pianotech] More of - if Microsoft can't compete on their own - they buy it out.... Since, on their own, they can't compete with the iPhone - they bought out Skype. <a href="http://gigaom.com/2011/05/09/why-microsoft-is-buying-skype-for-8-billion/" target="_blank">http://gigaom.com/2011/05/09/why-microsoft-is-buying-skype-for-8-billion/</a> -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing& Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 <a href="tel:%28314%29%20838-5587" value="+13148385587">(314) 838-5587</a> <a href="mailto:dahechler@att.net">dahechler@att.net</a> <a href="http://www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com" target="_blank">www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com</a> -- Home& Business user of Linux - 11 years </blockquote></div>