From owner-btk-mca@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Thu Feb 21 06:49:43 2002 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4F0617A6F for ; Thu, 21 Feb 2002 06:49:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09B2F17A86 for ; Thu, 21 Feb 2002 06:49:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from niobium.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (niobium [193.62.192.41]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9060C17A6F for ; Thu, 21 Feb 2002 06:49:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: (from news@localhost) by niobium.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (8.9.3+Sun/8.8.8) id GAA11065 for btk-mca-list@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk; Thu, 21 Feb 2002 06:46:34 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: niobium.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk: news set sender to using -f From: "Caltech News Server" X-Newsgroups: bionet.metabolic-reg Subject: Re: moderation Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 22:49:30 -0800 Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Lines: 47 Message-ID: References: <3C7402FA.BB62216D@biokin.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 To: btk-mca@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Sender: owner-btk-mca@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Precedence: bulk That sounds like a good idea. I monitor one or two web based groups, though it's not as convenient as a newsgroup because you have to open a web broswer, go to the page, login usually etc. Whereas at least with a newsgroup I have it under outlook and it's very simple. But a yahoo or similar solution would be ok. Herbert Sauro "Petr Kuzmic" wrote in message news:3C7402FA.BB62216D@biokin.com... > > Caltech News Server wrote: > > > > I also emailed net.bio.net and have not recevied any reply. For the moment > > it seems > > we're stuck. > > I am might be asking a question that has been asked here, and possibly > also answered, so please accept my apologies. The question is, how > about one of those "Yahoo groups" at http://groups.yahoo.com? > > I am on an email list for the "Laboratory Robotics Interest Group" or > LRIG (now an affiliated with the American Chemical Society, > http://www.lab-robotics.org/). The LRIG Yahoo group is working very > very nicely. There is quite a bit of activity (between 1 and 5 > messages most days), and all of it perfectly relevant: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lrig-discussion/ > > Looks like we have several people who would be interested in serving > as moderators. One advantage of having a "Yahoo group" is that one > can post binary files (e.g., executable programs, manuscripts in Word > or PDF format, etc.) in a special area. One can even maintain a > calendar of events, survey forms, etc. Quite a nice setup, really. > > - Petr > > ------------------------------------------------------- > P e t r K u z m i c, Ph. D. * BioKin Ltd. > 1652 S. Grand Ave. * Suite 337 * Pullman, WA 99163 > 509.334.4131 * 509.332.3493 fax * http://www.biokin.com .