The death of the list as we know it (tm)
Johan Helsingius
julf at penet.fi
Fri Oct 8 11:45:45 PDT 1993
> To the people who say that Usenet has a worse s/n ratio than mail, I
> have two points. First, not all of Usenet has a bad s/n ratio (and this
> particular list _does_ have a _very_ bad s/n ratio). Second, the traditionally
> lower s/n ratio on Usenet has led to the development of better tools to deal
> with it than are available in mail. (I'd dearly love to see an ignore feature
> on this list, as I understand that the Extropians have, but I realize that's
> unrealistic. Even that wouldn't be as effective as a well-designed killfile.)
My mh gives me all the same capabilities as any newsreader. If you want to use
a newsreader, do the gatewaying at your own site. If cyperpunks becomes a
newsgroup, count on me dropping off.
Julf
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