1996-09-19 - Re: cypherpunk listserve usefulness
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From: “Z.B.” <zachb@netcom.com>
To: Chip Mefford <cmefford@avwashington.com>
Message Hash: 745e75ee5d988d2b3c32b287dc945dab42e2c5cfce01eb2f45402e824ac99f8c
Message ID: <Pine.3.89.9609181209.A29790-0100000@netcom>
Reply To: <v03007801ae65b79e711a@[207.79.65.35]>
UTC Datetime: 1996-09-19 02:14:41 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 10:14:41 +0800
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From: "Z.B." <zachb@netcom.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 10:14:41 +0800
To: Chip Mefford <cmefford@avwashington.com>
Subject: Re: cypherpunk listserve usefulness
In-Reply-To: <v03007801ae65b79e711a@[207.79.65.35]>
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On Wed, 18 Sep 1996, Chip Mefford wrote:
>
> As much as it shames me, I have recently discovered that by filtering
> messages from only 2 participants and setting body filters on 3 keywords
> have remarkably improved the usefulness of this listserve.
>
[snip]
>
> I guess that makes me a censor and it has me reexamining some things.
>
No, you're not a censor. You are merely determining what *you* choose to
read. That's perfectly acceptable - probably a lot of people on this
list also filter their messages to some extent. Now, if you tried to
force the rest of us to abide by the standards that you set for yourself,
then you would be trying to censor us. There is a big difference here.
---
Zach Babayco
zachb@netcom.com <----- finger for PGP public key
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/4127
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- 1996-09-18 (Thu, 19 Sep 1996 03:10:23 +0800) - cypherpunk listserve usefulness - Chip Mefford <cmefford@avwashington.com>
- 1996-09-19 (Thu, 19 Sep 1996 08:47:46 +0800) - Re: cypherpunk listserve usefulness - Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- 1996-09-19 (Fri, 20 Sep 1996 05:16:28 +0800) - Re: cypherpunk listserve usefulness - Ray Arachelian <sunder@brainlink.com>
- 1996-09-19 (Thu, 19 Sep 1996 09:22:14 +0800) - author/subject ratings sharing, Bryce’s cpunks killfile was: Re: cypherpunk listserve usefuln - bryce@digicash.com
- 1996-09-19 (Thu, 19 Sep 1996 10:14:41 +0800) - Re: cypherpunk listserve usefulness - “Z.B.” <zachb@netcom.com>
- 1996-09-19 (Thu, 19 Sep 1996 17:25:13 +0800) - Re: cypherpunk listserve usefulness - Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>
- 1996-09-19 (Thu, 19 Sep 1996 08:47:46 +0800) - Re: cypherpunk listserve usefulness - Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>