-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Mon, 12 May 1997, Tim May wrote:
Some thoughts:
* Is it possible for the interlinked lists to send out announcements of list problems to subscriber of all such lists? (Each list owner could do a periodic "who cypherpunks" of the other lists, then use this list to send a message if a problem comes up. More sophisticated cross-processing could eliminate duplicates, etc.)
For simplicity, I suggest posting announcements to alt.cypherpunks. I would assume that most people on this list also read alt.cypherpunks.
* Alternatively, if one of the sites goes down, such as "cypherpunks@cyberpass.net" seems to have done, could the other sites automagically pick up the task of distributing articles until the site comes back up?
If each site keeps logs of all messages sent to the list for the last n number of days, a simple Perl hack would allow the admin of the downed site to compare logs with another site and send all the unsent messages to the distribution list.
* How feasible is it to have a single "virtual subscription address" which gets traffic from one of the various list sites? (To avoid having to subscribe to two or more lists and thus getting duplicates.)
How would this be different from any other list site? I don't know for certain, but it should be the case that each site is subscribed to at least two other sites for redundancy. A necessary consequence of not subscribing to two or more lists is the fact there will be one single distribution point which could go down at any time.
I'll resubmit a few of my recent articles to cypherpunks@algebra.com.
--Tim May
There's something wrong when I'm a felon under an increasing number of laws. Only one response to the key grabbers is warranted: "Death to Tyrants!" ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^1398269 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."
Mark -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3 Charset: noconv iQEVAwUBM3ejQCzIPc7jvyFpAQHUAgf/dov1dJ+4WXr8vcnQEg1UDhumG/hkhYfK DodQLouLmUPNol9ZVqqDXa+DelZDGteU723nh4G6kAtLXuD5NAmmEC8hb68Q8X/x uyWcyPbglZWGiDycqC4ReqgA7BGuV8XslEb3gEKRFwyf7l0MY6j5+bA0SQA+JBLB c4ZJnGXk0WD9zhpuIHXnAFvYIiXroqnWvjvOlQPm+jFolHN5UwR/oAzBPBvouRD5 iUjoLrY9LaqGOLiiWGUVgCJDOKIro/30FrQJ0vu/KaseC2FZt2wcMrJJm/vXm9ei aI40DtBjVdDW8BvZ8gng3O7wieWl5KUPehnIqxlVgfwlZ1dNFgEsvQ== =/A2i -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----