From: Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 11:10:59 -0800 (PST)
To: Igor Chudov <ichudov@algebra.com>
Subject: Re: Moderation experiment almost over; "put up or shut up"
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Igor Chudov @ home wrote:
> Dave Hayes wrote:
> > Ok. I'll "put up".
> > If the cypherpunks will have me, -I'll- run the cypherpunks
> > list. Those that know me know that I will *not* censor, moderate, or
> > otherwise alter the content (other than the stuff majordomo does with
> > "resend") of any messages to the list.

> I think that it is a great idea. If you want to contribute to the
> effort to keep the list, this is great. You could join the network of
> other cypherpunks mailing lists.
> There is a small list for discussing these networking issues,
> cypherpunks-hosts@algebra.com. It is not for crypto-discussions per
> se, but rather for discussing how we proceed with these lists.

If I understood the last several hundred messages correctly, they have
tried to make the point that the cypherpunks mailing list (unedited)
was more ideal than a newsgroup.  If this is what Dave is offering,
I'm surprised if more people don't jump on it.  Then again, they
took their good ol' time jumping onto cypherpunks-unedited.