Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:

"Cynthia H. Brown" <cynthb@sonetis.com> writes:

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Perhaps many of the 1400-odd subscribers belonged to unused accounts, or accounts on dead systems. With fewer names to process, this should speed up the distribution significantly.

FWIW, onthe few occasions when I e-mailed the 1400 addresses directly, I got hundreds of bounces from nonexistent addresses. I guess the 1400 silent supporters of moderation were another one of John Gilmore's lies.

I once, as a prank, sent mail to cypherpunks-outgoing-ksiuw@toad.com. Since cypherpunks-outgoing-ksiuw is a simple sendmail alias, all bounces went directly to me as my name was listed in the "From " field. I got about a hundred or so bounces, some of which were results of intermittent problems like full mailboxes, etc. (the actual number could be 90% likely between 50 and 150 as I was not really counting). - Igor.