First of all, Arthur is fine. He's always answered any emails I've sent. Second, Merren, you must have sent your post to the FE list to the wrong address. It never appeared on the list, and I never received a message that a post needed to be approved as I would have if your message had been too big or YOUR address was not the one with which you joined the list. Lastly, Babs' husband died  three years before she decided to not accept any new members to the list. While she had a really hard time when he died for a while, I don't think it had any impact on her decision.

It saddens me that the list isn't active anymore. I miss it a lot, but I think mailing lists are a thing of the past. I belong to at least ten fractal lists, and nobody posts in them. The UF list has the most activity, and people don't post there like they used to. When fractals were brand new and all bright and shiny, everyone was excited and wanted to share all the pretty things they had made. They don't do that anymore. They have this place.....among others. ;~)