From: ichudov@algebra.com
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 21:54:39 -0800 (PST)
To: Firebeard <stend@sten.tivoli.com>
Subject: Re: Moderation experiment almost over; "put up or shut up"
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i have already set up majordomo@algebra.com and cypherpunks@algebra.com 
and can join.

igor

Firebeard wrote:
> 
> >>>>> John Gilmore writes:
> 
> JG> Sandy has agreed to continue moderation through the end of the
> JG> original 1-month experiment (through Feb 19).  And it's a good
> JG> thing, too, because the "cypherpunks community" had better get off
> JG> its whining butt in the next ten days, or it will no longer exist.
> 
> [...]
> 
> JG> This is a "put up or shut up" to the cypherpunks community.
> 
> 	This appears to be as good a time as any to announce that I'm
> "putting up".  I've already taken steps, along with Jim Choate, to
> start a network of majordomos hosting a Cypherpunks mailing list.  I
> didn't intend to announce this until Jim and I had gotten the first
> pair of 'domos working properly, but this means that we'll need to
> speed things up.  Our intention is to have a set of majordomos which
> are intersubscribed to a cypherpunks list on each one, with measures
> taken to ensure that mail loops don't develop.  As the resulting
> mailing list from each 'domo will be identical, periodically
> (initially weekly), the subscriber lists of all of the participating
> majordomos will be compared, with any duplicate subscribers being
> removed from the 'domo(s) with the longest subscriber list.  There
> will be no filtering done of any mail to the collective list, although
> anyone interested in providing a filtered list will be welcome to
> subscribe to the list.  Anyone interested in joining the 'domo network
> with the conditions described (duplicate subscriber checking and no
> filtering) is welcome.
> 
> 	John, I'd appreciate your permission to use your Cypherpunks
> welcome message as the basis for the welcome message of this new list.
> Also, while we will make every effort to have this new list available
> for subscriptions by Feb 20, I'd appreciate it if you could consider
> making the current list available for a short period longer if we
> encounter unanticipated difficulties.
> 
> -- 
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	- Igor.