On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, Declan McCullagh wrote:
At 01:02 AM 8/18/2004, J.A. Terranson wrote:
Since when is on-topic crossposting an issue here?
Since forever. Since before either of us joined the list (and I first started reading a decade ago).
It's a matter of politeness and degree. A pointer to a discussion archived on the web is more useful than dozens of forwarded messages.
Hey, I have an idea! Why don't I write a script crossposting everything from sci.crypt to cypherpunks! How about a few dozen other "on-topic" newsgroups and mailing lists too?
We're not talking about just sci.crypt chatter here, he has been forwarding posts on one of the single most interesting (to anyone crypto-inclined) topics in *years*. And not everyone (crypto-inclined or not) subs to all of the many sources: if you want to get the word out to the less than hard-core, this list is a great starting point. You complaints on this appear (based mostly on your banter with RAH) to be more a personal problem than anything else. Perhaps you should step back and look at the big picture here?
-Declan
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