From: gtoal@an-teallach.com (Graham Toal)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1994-07-01 16:03:21 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 1 Jul 94 09:03:21 PDT
From: gtoal@an-teallach.com (Graham Toal)
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 94 09:03:21 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: (FWD) WHAT MOTIVATES FORWARDERS?
Message-ID: <199407011603.RAA15896@an-teallach.com>
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Well, I for one like to see forwarded stuff. I have no desire to chase
down likely references. Maybe I'm lazy for letting others filter stuff
for me, or maybe you're lazy for not hitting "D". Quien sabe?
It's you :-)
Really, it's a question of degree and obscurity. A forward a day isn't
too bad, a dozen a day is, especially if they're 600 lines of EFF press
release which we see *everywhere*. However if the item was found in
some out of the way place (like say a BITNET mailing list for librarians)
then forwarding would be reasonable. But stuff from comp.org.eff.talk,
sci.crypt, talk.politics.crypto and alt.security.pgp which are groups
that most people interested in crypto will read, is a bit redundant.
If you're not reading them, you *should* be.
G
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