John Remington wrote: > hmm, news gateway at google? similar to a news reader? No. The gateway I'm talking about is http://gmane.org. It translates several mailing lists into newsgroups. Among them is the piclist. This allows me (and you :) to access the piclist with a news reader. I find this very convenient. News readers usually have features for tracking threads that email programs don't have. Gerhard -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist