A lighting system for the exterior of a vehicle that includes a housing, a sensor, a lamp assembly, and a controller. In one embodiment, a method first receives a plurality of messages, such as e-mail messages. According the present invention, the common channel, such as the MCCH, may be reconfigured more efficiently. Subsequently, an epitaxial formation process is performed that forms or deposits epitaxial regions and introduces a first type of strain across the channel regions in the PMOS region. The electrodes are spaced such that there are gaps between the outer surfaces of the neighboring electrodes to prevent the formation of a continuously distributed electron conducting deposits between the sensing surface of one electrode and the sensing surfaces of the other electrodes.