@Timothee, Giovanni - Thank you for your responses. It really annoys the hell out of me that Gmail and Google Groups both delayed your messages until I had already found the answer in the docs, and yet the timestamps are long before they showed up. I even blogged about it (link below).
http://www.quackfuzed.com/index.cfm/2008/1/23/I-Love-Gmail-But Thanks, Matt