I for one would appreciate it if messages like Brian's and Werner's were kept off this forum. The intent here is for "professionals" to discuss the susbstitution of lead in electronic based products. I for one am not interested in having my mailbox filled with misguided political opinions and backslapping. Please direct such comments to a politically oriented environmental listserve and spare us your "insight". Thanks J.R. Pointon and many other disgruntled members of this listserve ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ################################################################ Leadfree E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE Leadfree <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF Leadfree ############################################################### Please visit IPC's Center for Lead-Free Electronics Assembly (http://www.leadfree.org ) for additional information. For technical support contact Keach Sasamori [log in to unmask] or 847-790-5315. ################################################################