Besides the list, there's a digest subscription that is possible. Of course with so little traffic, the digest might never trigger. Even more amazing there is also an archive. You can read the messages that were posted before you joined (or read the posted messages without joining) on the web. The URL is here: http://www.mail-archive.com/xc%40danenet.org/ So what should we do with this list? There are only four of us subscribed so far so it really is up to you. We could: 1. Set it up so that the condition reports that resorts send out go directly to this list (some ads). The list would get about 1.25 messages per day. 2. Just wait. It's been created so they will come and discussion will result. 3. Get all of the Madison Nordic Ski Club board members to subscribe and use this list for club business. 4. Use this list to post yet another question about a mailing list instead of a message that relates to the subject of the mailing list -- Nordic skiing. :^) 5. Be thankful that Mark Plane is posting condition reports to Madnordski, <http://www.danenet.org/madnord/conditions.html>. Cheers, Joe -- Joseph J. King [EMAIL PROTECTED] madnordski - http://www.danenet.org/madnord/ pgp public key - http://www.kingresearch.com/jk/jking.txt