will asked: > how did you access those early archives? I started keeping salinger posts > in jan, l996--when did this list actually begin--sometime in the fall of > 96? i have bananafish-digest v1 #178 and #179, and #294 through #319, and every digest since it moved to nyu. if these are useful for archiving purposes, or anyone would like them, let me know. :helena p.s. tim, don't worry about people arriving and leaving quickly. my guess is that it has a lot to do with the high traffic on the list. most people find it hard to keep up with such volume. and it's *hefty* volume. the kind of posts you have to actually sit down and *read*. so i'm sure it's just a matter of people not realising beforehand what kind of list they're getting into. a bananafish is for life, not just for christmas. p.p.s. about meeting in real life: i met brian fenton (remember?) a few times. have there been any other bananafish face to face meetings? :helena -- http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/4801/