Search the CONFOCAL archive at
http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?S1=confocal

One tends to forget that there are actually people (and money...) 
behind the servers!
So this is probably a good opportunity to thank all of those who 
permit to this list to live on. It is a wonderfull tool.
Thanks Steve
Eric

ps I can't help but worry a little...

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Karolinska Institutet

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----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Paddock <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008 5:01 pm
Subject: The Confocal Microscopy Listserver Is Moving
To: [log in to unmask]

> Search the CONFOCAL archive at
> http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?S1=confocal
> 
> There's no need to worry; there's no need for you to do anything.  
> It 
> is our hope that the move will not cause any disruption to the group.
> 
> The Confocal Listserver was founded by P.C. Cheng, Don Parsons and 
> Bob Summers in 1987 using L-Soft listserv software that was 
> installed 
> at the University of Buffalo by Jim Gerland.  Indeed, for many 
> years 
> this was the main site for listservers for the US since 
> distributive 
> discussion groups were really new at this time.
> 
> I inherited the list from Bob Summers in 1998, and have been 
> running 
> it remotely since then.  The confocal list has grown in the past 
> 20 
> years from the three pioneers in 1987 to some 2000 or so 
> subscribers 
> today.  For several reasons, we intend to move the list over to 
> the 
> University of Minneapolis system where Jerry Sedgewick has kindly 
> agreed to take over.
> 
> I would like to thank the University of Buffalo for hosting our 
> discussion group for the past 20 years.  A special thank-you goes 
> to 
> Jim Serwinowski, the current UB Listserv Administrator, for his 
> expert help and advice.
> 
> The new Email address for the Confocal List will be 
> [log in to unmask] and the full archive can be found at
> http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=CONFOCALMICROSCOPY
> 
> If you are a current user, you will be able to post and receive 
> messages as usual.  I stress again - there's no need to change 
> anything.  The move will take place tomorrow (Friday), and if at 
> all 
> possible would you please keep traffic on the list to a minimum 
> tomorrow since incoming new messages could be lost during the 
> transfer. 
> 
> Thank-you for ten years of good list behavior.  There have been a 
> few 
> entertaining rants and the odd message sent to the list in error 
> but 
> I have been impressed by the high quality of the contributions.
> 
> Did I mention that there's no need to worry??
> 
> All the best
> 
> Steve
> -- 
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> Dept. Molecular Biology,
> Univ. Wisconsin,
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