On Mon, 17 Dec 2012, Bob Armstrong wrote: What we really want is a NOTES gateway, right??? Bob P.S. Just kidding, of course. You may be kidding Bob but I thought it would be neat to actually use NOTES on HECNet for discussions that veer WAY off topic sometimes on the current HECNet-list. I personally do not care (and learn things from reading the sometimes what could be considered offtopic posts) but I know some folks may not want to see the noise. MISER:: is up 24/7 and I'd be willing to host some conferences. Fred