1995-09-16 - Re: cypherpunks as a newsgroup

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From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@polaris.mindport.net>
To: Alan Olsen <alano@teleport.com>
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Message ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950916174240.1443A-100000@polaris.mindport.net>
Reply To: <199509162041.NAA10780@desiree.teleport.com>
UTC Datetime: 1995-09-16 21:44:32 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 16 Sep 95 14:44:32 PDT

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From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@polaris.mindport.net>
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 95 14:44:32 PDT
To: Alan Olsen <alano@teleport.com>
Subject: Re: cypherpunks as a newsgroup
In-Reply-To: <199509162041.NAA10780@desiree.teleport.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950916174240.1443A-100000@polaris.mindport.net>
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On Sat, 16 Sep 1995, Alan Olsen wrote:


> I have a group of friends who get forwarded the "best" of the Cypherpunks
> list.  The signal to noise ratio is high enough that I have to be careful
> how much I forward lest I get complaints at the volume of what I forward.
> Turning this into an alt group would destroy that.


I don't understand this tendency to want to TURN the list into anything.

Leave the list, and start an alt.* group if you like.

I prefer the list, but will look at the group from time to time.

Why must this be an either/or choice?


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