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Lewis McCarthy (lmccarth@cs.umass.edu)
Mon, 23 Nov 1998 16:25:11 -0500
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The problem with another cryptography list is that it will be yet another
list to subscribe to, and another for clueless types to cross-post to.
It's already annoying to get three copies of many messages. Are we now
to be subject to four, just to make sure we don't miss anything?
The moderated cryptography list was badly needed, as cypherpunks had
degenerated into a sewer of irrelevant and maliciously off-topic postings.
The aggressive anything-goes-as-long-as-it-interests-me philosophy of
Tim May and Jim Choate (who have been among the worst offenders) made
it impossible to even argue that the list should try to focus on its
ostensible purpose.
CodherPlunks is having no such problem. There is a consensus that the
list has a focus and a purpose, and social pressure is used to keep
postings on topic. The spam is an extremely minor problem, and does not
justify creating a new list. We should try some of the simple technical
solutions which have been proposed, like requiring "CodherPlunks" in the
appropriate header fields.
The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Sat Apr 10 1999 - 01:17:19