At 05:42 PM 1/28/96 -0800, Timothy C. May wrote:

Folks,

When people decide to copy other mailing lists on messages they send to Cypherpunks (or vice versa), we often get flooded with insults and spams from people who don't share our views. (While I have nothing against trying to recruit others to our views, in my opinion this is best done by judicious writing of essays for _them_, tuned to their interests, and not in mindless spamming of every list that might have a passing interest in some of the topics.)

We already have enough traffic here, and don't need replies from a bunch of other lists, be they libertarian lists, digital commerce lists, human rights lists, or java lists.

The latest example of this is the rantfest invvolving these players:

I really don't know why I'm being "killed" by May in this way. He cites a rant by a local (Portland, Oregon) crackpot named "Jack Hammer." I even took the time to apologize for his existence, while I do claim a certain lack of responsibility: Basically, I'm being targeted because Hammer can't stand my essay. (Whether May will even see my apology is in doubt, I suppose...) While May certainly has the right to "killfile" whomever he wishes, it might be a bit more logical to do this in a graduated fashion, "killing" Hammer and then waiting to see if the rest of us follow in his habits.