A user-friendly web interface, including easier searching on the archives,
sounds great to me.

>    -----Original Message-----
>    From: Ted Inoue [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>    Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 11:47 AM
>    To: [log in to unmask]
>    Subject: Yahoo Groups for confocal list?
>
>
>    I was curious if there was any interest in moving this
>    listserv over to the
>    Yahoo Groups system.
>
>    I've been using these extensively for my personal groups
>    of this sort, and
>    it's worked out really well. The fact that it keeps a
>    searchable archive is
>    very helpful. Additionally, it has "files" and "photos"
>    sections, so that
>    people can submit documents for others to examine.
>
>    Other advantages of this system include the ability for
>    users to opt to get
>    emails like this listserv, or not - choosing instead to
>    "read on demand" by
>    just going to a website. This is nice when traveling, so
>    that listserv
>    messages don't fill up one's mailbox.
>
>    For those worried about spam, I've seen people register
>    with invalid mail
>    addresses to avoid automated email snachers, so I don't
>    think that's
>    necessarily a big problem either.
>
>    I'm sure many of you are already familiar with this
>    service, but for those
>    who may want to check it out, go to:
>    http://groups.yahoo.com/
>
>    Cheers,
>    Ted
>