Mark M. wrote:
- Newsgroups alt.cypherpunks, alt.cypherpunks.announce, alt.cypherpunks.social, alt.cypherpunks.technical have been created.
... Along with several others.
- The distributed list is still forming and so far consists of cypherpunks@algebra.com, cypherpunks@ssz.com, and others of which I do not know the location. A mail<->news gateway is planned, but not yet in place, between the distributed list and the newsgroup(s).
It is in place. It feeds from cypherpunks@algebra.com. Bryan Reece reece@taz.nceye.net runs the posting bot. taz.nceye.net is an open newsserver offering several cypherpunks newsgroups. I am not yet sure if taz is now a part of the mainstream usenet, that is, it may not be connected to the Big USENET.
cypherpunks@algebra.com is receiving messages from cypherpunks-unedited. I assume this means that the other hosts part of the distributed list are also receiving cypherpunks-unedited messages.
Correct.
- Lance Cottrell is running another list (cypherpunks@cyberpass.net) that is not yet part of the distributed list. It is also receiving feed from toad.com.
I will subscribe to it. Now, it is important to realize that Lance's machine is probably much better connected than mine. Once we get connected with him, you may be better off reading cypherpunks from cypherpunks@cyberpass.net. If you su-bsc-ribe to cypherpunks@algebra.com, it may take longer for articles to reach you.
If you don't want to miss any messages, then you should subscribe to both cypherpunks@cyberpass.net and one of the distributed list nodes. Since both are receiving cypherpunks-unedited, you can safely unsubscribe from cypherpunks-unedited, -flames, or the "main" list. Since these lists have overlapping content, you should delete duplicates.
I still think that it is a good idea to do nothing for several days and wait until the distributed network picks up cyberpass. Then, subscribe to any node of your liking. - Igor.