Re: Are we gatewayed to Usenet?

tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May) said:

Certainly our List is not a deep, dark secret, and certainly we know the list is gatewayed into some local networks, but I really worry about everything we say hear being readable by anyone with a newsfeed.

It also opens us up to more disruptive flaming and puerile argumentation.

Agreed. There are a fair number of topics that I don't care to discuss in a newsgroup where J. Random Luser might briefly drop in, but that I'm willing to talk about in a mail list, where there is a psychological barrier plus time delay and general perceived effort etc to join. Doug