From: ichudov@algebra.com
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 11:11:16 -0800 (PST)
To: dthorn@gte.net
Subject: Re: Moderation experiment almost over; "put up or shut up"
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Dale Thorn wrote:
> 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.

I think that the ideas of a distributed list and the idea of 
alt.cypherpunks are both good and these two mediums complement 
each other.

	- Igor.