I agree with the others who have chimed in. Open the archives for searching to anyone. If you work for the CIA use a different name! ;) Mark Dvorscak Proud to let anyone know I was smart enough to buy a Montgomery (3 of em actually) 15,17 & 23 -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Keith Diehl Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 12:53 PM To: Montgomery Boats List Subject: M_Boats: Searchable Archives In the past, some members were very concerned that their postings were readable by non-members, so I closed the archives to public viewing and cancelled our searchable archives. I never quite understood the concern, since anyone can join the mailing and then read everything old and new, but that was what was wanted. The question of searchable archives has come up again, so I'll ask the membership: Would you like to have searchable archives if it means the archives are readable by anyone on the internet, including search engines? As an example of what we could have, here is the main Lurker search engine page for Xmission hosted public lists; http://mailman.xmission.com/lurker/splash/index.en.html Keith Diehl Cottonwood Heights, UT