RES: The Confocal Microscopy Listserver Is Moving

Posted by Renato A. Mortara on
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I fully endorse all the compliments to the people behind the servers ! It is
indeed a woderfool tool !

Renato

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-----Mensagem original-----
De: Confocal Microscopy List [mailto:[hidden email]] Em nome
de Eric Scarfone
Enviada em: quinta-feira, 18 de setembro de 2008 12:22
Para: [hidden email]
Assunto: Re: The Confocal Microscopy Listserver Is Moving

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One tends to forget that there are actually people (and money...) behind the
servers!
So this is probably a good opportunity to thank all of those who permit to
this list to live on. It is a wonderfull tool.
Thanks Steve
Eric

ps I can't help but worry a little...

Eric Scarfone, PhD, CNRS,
Center for Hearing and communication Research Department of Clinical
Neuroscience Karolinska Institutet

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----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Paddock <[hidden email]>
Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008 5:01 pm
Subject: The Confocal Microscopy Listserver Is Moving
To: [hidden email]

> Search the CONFOCAL archive at
> http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?S1=confocal
>
> There's no need to worry; there's no need for you to do anything.  
> It
> is our hope that the move will not cause any disruption to the group.
>
> The Confocal Listserver was founded by P.C. Cheng, Don Parsons and Bob
> Summers in 1987 using L-Soft listserv software that was installed at
> the University of Buffalo by Jim Gerland.  Indeed, for many years this
> was the main site for listservers for the US since distributive
> discussion groups were really new at this time.
>
> I inherited the list from Bob Summers in 1998, and have been running
> it remotely since then.  The confocal list has grown in the past 20
> years from the three pioneers in 1987 to some 2000 or so subscribers
> today.  For several reasons, we intend to move the list over to the
> University of Minneapolis system where Jerry Sedgewick has kindly
> agreed to take over.
>
> I would like to thank the University of Buffalo for hosting our
> discussion group for the past 20 years.  A special thank-you goes to
> Jim Serwinowski, the current UB Listserv Administrator, for his expert
> help and advice.
>
> The new Email address for the Confocal List will be
> [hidden email] and the full archive can be found at
> http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=CONFOCALMICROSCOPY
>
> If you are a current user, you will be able to post and receive
> messages as usual.  I stress again - there's no need to change
> anything.  The move will take place tomorrow (Friday), and if at all
> possible would you please keep traffic on the list to a minimum
> tomorrow since incoming new messages could be lost during the
> transfer.
>
> Thank-you for ten years of good list behavior.  There have been a few
> entertaining rants and the odd message sent to the list in error but I
> have been impressed by the high quality of the contributions.
>
> Did I mention that there's no need to worry??
>
> All the best
>
> Steve
> --
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> Dept. Molecular Biology,
> Univ. Wisconsin,
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>
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