Tim May wrote:

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.

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

Chilling thought: strnlght@netcom.com A subscriber to Washington-based Digital Express recently asked on the digex.general group that the cypherpunks list be gatewayed to a newsgroup there, too. It hasn't shown up there, and I hope it doesn't. Mailing lists just "feel" a little more private, and their central administration makes possible some control over abusers. Has anyone sent mail to postmaster or news@netcom to ask them what they're doing? I'd feel a little funny doing so myself, since I'm not a subscriber. I have asked Digex not to gateway the list, though. Joe