> Lar..everyone has been getting them for like 2 weeks now..  lets all throw a
> party for John Wallace when he returns and turns off his away message...
> 

No doubt. If nothing else has, this has convinced me that a gmail
account is the only way to go for mailing lists. The webmail interface
has EXCELLENT search capability, auto-login, and automatically groups
messages by title; Google allows POP access like a regular email
server for those times when you're on the road and have limited
connectivity; and with a 2.4gigabyte (and rising!) storage "limit",
the list will NEVER be bombarded with "mailbox full" messages from
some mailer daemon. I used to use my own email server and Eudora, but
this is much better. I have plenty of gmail "invites" if anyone wants
to try it out.