We have had a gateway to the Newsgroups for several years now on Museum-L. This gateway was setup so that users could access the postings with having their e-mail box fill up. With the new browsers such as Netscape and Navigator being able to download mail from a server, sort by threads, filter messages, etc., I am wondering if the concept of a gateway to the Newsgroups is even viable anymore. Add on the SPAM factor, I would estimate that 90% of the SPAM to the list originates from the Newsgroup, and the SPAM filter with Listserv manages to catch 99% of the attempted SPAM postings. Any thoughts our ideas on this? thanks john chadwick [log in to unmask] Listowner: Museum-L