What happened to the Cryptography list...?

[Adam Back]

The problems with closed lists relying on a single human for
forwarding and filtering...

Couldn't he just let people post in his absence?  It kind of detracts
from a list if it disappears for weeks at a time on a regular basis.

Also there are delays, and then there's Perry decisions that a
discussion is no longer worth persuing when contributors are still
interested to discuss.

Adam 

On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 11:18:32AM -0400, R. A. Hettinga wrote:
> At 9:55 AM -0400 8/6/03, R. A. Hettinga wrote:
> >Perry got sick a while back, and, if he's not in jail or something, :-), I bet that's it.
> 
> Let me clarify that. A while ago, Perry got sick. The list was down for quite a while. Then he got better, and the list came back. I bet that's what's happening now. If he's not in jail. :-).
> 
> Cheers,
> RAH
> But, seriously, folks...
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