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1997-01-04 - Re: Hardening lists against spam attacks

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From: Toto <toto@sk.sympatico.ca>
To: Hal Finney <hal@rain.org>
Message Hash: 3f074ed12e800a84625c85b78bdb775364de31da7ce3dae5432c6983bcc546d6
Message ID: <32CDEE8F.3956@sk.sympatico.ca>
Reply To: <199612312032.MAA04214@crypt.hfinney.com>
UTC Datetime: 1997-01-04 05:35:06 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 21:35:06 -0800 (PST)

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From: Toto <toto@sk.sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 21:35:06 -0800 (PST)
To: Hal Finney <hal@rain.org>
Subject: Re: Hardening lists against spam attacks
In-Reply-To: <199612312032.MAA04214@crypt.hfinney.com>
Message-ID: <32CDEE8F.3956@sk.sympatico.ca>
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Hal Finney wrote:
> 
> We might also want to consider the paradoxical possibility that if we
> remove the junk, the list will die!  At least now we are constantly
> reminded that the cypherpunks list exists.  Other lists like the
> cryptography and coderpunks can sometimes go for quite a while without
> any posts at all.  On CP you have the sense of a dynamic community where
> you can hope for a response to your posts, more so than on a list which
> is silent for days at a time.

Hal,
 Have you been watching "It's A Wonderful Life", with Jimmy Stewart,
again?

Toto

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