Translation......avoid them like the plague! Thanks, Andy! dan c. At 09:48 PM 14-09-02 -0400, ADavidhazy wrote: >> How does one go about getting a list not hosted by Yahoo archive it? I >> happen to run another photography related mailing list. > >Hi Dan, > >I have not the foggiest idea. I think that PF was "transferd over" from another >outfit who was very proper and asked for permission to archive PF. Eventually >they were bought out by Yahoo. Since then communicating with them has been a >waste of time!!!! When their system goes down there is no way to get help from >them. In terms of updating list information forget it. They also seem to enable >people subscribing to the list _at Yahoo_ which eventually causes trouble when >those people try to post or manage mail options following welcome message. It >is ultimately a pain. BUT ... it is an option that I believe several PF member >rely on so I can't really complain ... > >cheerio, >andy > >