You can also add my vote.  I am very satisfied with the listserv and
appreciative of Mike's efforts.

Murphy, Thomas wrote:

>Thank you Mike and thank you HRI for your many years of support for this
>listserv.  I must confess that I was a bit upset when the proposal for
>change was first made.  I was upset based on my experience with a Yahoo
>Group that I am required to use for other matters.  I much prefer this
>listserv.  Google is phenomenal and maybe their Group feature is better
>than Yahoo's.  But, if Mike and HRI are willing to continue doing the
>job - hey, they've been great!  My vote is that we leave things in their
>very capable hands.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG] On
>Behalf Of Mike L. Varney
>Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 4:20 PM
>To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
>Subject: [RESADM-L] Why The List is the Way It Is...
>
>
>There's been lots of discussion on RESADM-L in the last week or two
>regarding all the details of running RESADM-L and the prospects of
>moving to a Google Group.  I'd like to address a couple of the comments
>made.
>
>First, whomever was saying that you can't search RESADM-L's archives
>just isn't reading the tagline at the bottom of EVERY list message for
>the last 3 years or so... <grin>  RESADM-L has always been searchable
>even back in the days it as hosted on a mainframe.  In fact, when I
>implemented the web-based interface to the listserv, I was able to
>import all the archives from the mainframe; so, when you do like the tag
>says and go to http://www.hrinet.org, you can search all the way back to
>when Liz ran the list in the early 90's.  The fact that people re-ask
>common questions is just due to human nature; it has nothing to do with
>the availability of search.  In fact, many people (especially in this
>industry) will INTENTIONALLY ask the same questions again in case
>there's been a procedure or rule change.
>
>Next... regarding the aspect of a "private" versus a "public" list.
>RESADM-L is a "public" list, meaning that anyone can add themselves to
>the list at any time.  While you would think that would open the list up
>to Spam, surprisingly it doesn't - - the fact that the ListServ requires
>a confirmation ("ok") email from the user foils all the spam senders out
>there.  Keeping the list as a "public" list allows us to facilitate as
>many people to come onto and off the list as possible.  Given the
>lists's topic, it's in our best interest to have as many
>industry-related users out there as possible in one forum.
>
>There was a comment out there about the "vacation" messages sent to
>someone who sends something to the list.  There's a reason for that too.
>A few years back a new standard for Internet Email came out (one of
>those annoying RFCs) which said that all Internet email should use a
>proper From: tag.  Meaning, that the From tag should list who the email
>
>
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