I even have the messages 'digested' and have been seeing more than usual lately. Forums, to me, are more easily browsed and searched. and if you want instant notifications you can always set up an RSS feed to notify you of posts. A forum would also clean up the messages a little, as the emails seem to get messy once 2 or 3 people respond to each other, leaving the original message quoted. so, as far as setting up a forum goes (and if I remember right, this came up at least once before sometime last year) ... I second that emotion. thanks and happy new year. _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member