At 8:11 PM 10/26/95, Ali Bahreman wrote:
Being subscribed to cypherpunks is not a prerequisite for following the list; thanks to its hypermail archive and numerous filters.
No,. of course it isn't. But copying the www-buyinfo@allegra.att.com mailiing list on a post, as you and some others did, is much more than following the list with hypermail and other such tools: it is actively posting to two mailing lists. Sometimes this is OK, but often it results in two lists only marginally educated in the issues of the other list. I replied at more length to Ali in private, but will say here that anyone is welcome to join the Cypherpunks list and to read up on the FAQs and archives of past discussions. --Tim May Views here are not the views of my Internet Service Provider or Government. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^756839 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders are just speed bumps on the information superhighway."