I don't often make requests for netiquette changes here on this list, but I will now. I have no power to enforce anything, so these are only suggestions. 1. Could we people make an effort to pick reasonably meaningful thread titles? A lot of "Re: your mail" and "(None)" titles are cluttering up the list. Not to mention the overly broad titles like "PGP" and "Question." In sorting through my list archives recently I found several hundred messages that contained variations on the simple phrase "PGP," most discussing points only loosely related to PGP. 2. People should feel free to edit the subject line to better reflect the topic of their post. This may "destroy the continuity of the thread," a concern raised by some, but that's a small price to pay for having new threads more accurately labelled. 3. Forwards are really getting out of hand. It seems that the "Four Letter Acronyms" of CPSR, EPIC, ACLU, and EFF (an honorary FLA) routinely copy us on everything they put out, even though their stuff is widely distributed in other forums available to us all, and none of them seems to be reading Cypherpunks and actually participating in followup discussions. (If Banisar, Godwin, Kapor, McLandish, et. al. are actually reading this, I invite them to prove me wrong.) 4. While I'm at it, could newcomers to the world of crypto please take the time to read up on some of the basic crypto isues? The lateness of my FAQ is not the issue, as the needed knowledge is contained in any of the basic FAQs that are already out there, such as the oft-republished sci.crypt FAQ and the RSA FAQ. And basic articles and books are readily available. This list is not a place to ask 500-600 people "What's so bad about Clipper?" or "Can't the NSA break any cipher with enough effort?" Thank you for your time. --Tim May -- .......................................................................... Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@netcom.com | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero 408-688-5409 | knowledge, reputations, information markets, W.A.S.T.E.: Aptos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power: 2^859433 | Public Key: PGP and MailSafe available. "National borders are just speed bumps on the information superhighway."