tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May) wrote:
Last night when I entered the newsgroups of my system (Netcom) I was given the choice of subscribing to a new newsgroup, "cypherpunks.list". I did with alacrity, to discover what was going on. ...
I believe someone has gatewayed the list onto Netcom, which is available to many thousands of subscribers, including local POPs (points of presence) in Washington, D.C., Boston, Atlanta, Austin, and of course all up and down the West Coast.
Well, I read the list here as a local newsgroup on cmu.edu, it's not uncommon at some sites to do this, as it cuts down on incoming mail. If it becomes a problem, we could restrict posting access to "registered" users, as is done on extropians, but I think it might be a bit premature or possibly counterproductive to take such a step on this list. I prefer reading it a local newsfeed, since there is no digest version availiable, and because it allows me to keep my personal mail seperate from the list. I would reccommend that if certain sites become a problem by attracting flamers, communists, liberals, or government authoritarian types, that we could remove them on a case-by-case basis.