Again, look at the first email where I asked for help verifying it, Cari. Sorry if it wasn't direct enough for your tastes.

On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 1:37 AM, Cari Machet <carimachet@gmail.com> wrote:

No i am talking about this list - this list is a community

You did not ask this list for help that i can see ... prove me wrong

You are saying jy did not admit ... you complain about it yet accept no critique of said by you

Have a think about it go for a walk rest take a few days and get back to me after

On Oct 11, 2015 7:38 PM, "Michael Best" <themikebest@gmail.com> wrote:
Cari Machet carimachet@gmail.com 
Sun Oct 11 12:25:43 EDT 2015
reveal was to protect the community (fr john) then why was that act >
protecting the community > avoided by mike
Plus no ask to the list but said asked the list and if the point of the

First email asked for help, no reason the list was excluded from that even though I explicitly asked John for help verifying it. Then I asked open endedly on Twitter. 

Also, you seem to be confusing this list with the community of Cryptome's visitors. There's overlap, sure, but they are not the same. 

Plus, John deleted the early emails I made to the Cryptome list, which is more explicitly the mailing list that would be best identified as the community you're referring to.