I have to agree with most of what I've read here. Though I'm very new to your list, I'd really much rather it stay an e-mail list. To do otherwise, puts me in mind of the the bulky and cantankerous mail groups in MSN (Hotmail) or Yahoo - lotsa spash and excess drivel, but much less bang for your buck. Further, you'd lose the spontenaiety. For folk who have trouble picking out the thread they want to follow in the lists, they can always configure their e-mail clients with topic folders (yeah, even older e-mail clients like Eudora or Juno; and for those even older, echo/netmail offline readers!). That puts the onus back on the participant, and not on an often overworked administrator or moderator. As an ex-BBS sysop (1.387.57, 1991-1997), that's a position I can well apreciate. Cheers! Ed Tillman Store Automation Tech Support Specialist Valero Energy Corporation San Antonio, TX; USA Phone (210) 592-3110, Fax (210) 592-2048 edward.tillman(a)valero.com <mailto:edward.tillman@valero.com>