Electrotap used to have a mailing list back when the server was held together with bailing wire and duct tape. The list was low-traffic, but still semi-active, and had a good signal-to-noise ratio. Unfortunately, that fell apart a couple of years ago and when we pushed everything onto a new server the mailing list never made it back.

So we’re reviving the mailing list in the form of two Google groups: one for discussion about sensors and sensor interfaces, and one for discussion related to everything else (which is mostly Tap.Tools).

• http://groups.google.com/group/electrotap
• http://groups.google.com/group/electrosensor

Using Google groups does a few things for us. First, it gets us up and running fast with the new lists. We’ve been meaning to do it for a long time on our own, but it takes some finagling. It also gives a wealth of features and options, like a forum interface and a mailing list interface. Google also has really good spam filters and such. Finally, it gets us out of having to do real server maintenance tasks on it in the long run. These are all good things.

It feels really good to finally have a list back!