From: Jeremiah A Blatz <jer+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 19:21:10 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks-unedited@toad.com
Subject: Re: Recommendation: Creation of "alt.cypherpunks"
Message-ID: <199702120321.TAA05383@toad.com>
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das@razor.engr.sgi.com (Anil Das) writes:
> On Feb 11,  2:42pm, Alan Bostick wrote:
> > new alt.* newsgroups are better
> > received if they don't have top-level names.  Using existing top-level
> > hierarchies is better (e.g. alt.security.cypherpunks or
> > alt.privacy.cypherpunks).
> 
> I agree that alt.privacy.cypherpunks is the best bet, if alt.group
> is the route we go.

This has a number of frige benifits, too. It's lower down in the
alphabetical list, so luser AOL-type people and auto-spam bots are
less likely to reach alt.p* or alt.s* than alt.c*. Also, it seperates
it from alt.cyberpunk and associated groups, thus maybe minimizing
innappropriate x-posts.

The hybrid mailing list/newsgroup system seems to me to be an
excellent setup. It is resilliant to the moderation woes that a
mailing list is vulernable to, and is also resistant to ISPs who don't
carry alt groups. It also provides a set of mail-news gateways for
people who wish to post anonymously to the newsgroup, whaile at the
same time being resistant to commercial spam abuse (why use a
mail-news to spam if it just goes to 1 newsgroup?).

Finally, a newsgroup makes it easy to spread the gospel to the
unwashed masses. Tim May's rants/essays would probably make excellent
usenet memes, and having more usenet people crypto-aware can only help
advance the causes of liberty and privacy. I hereby volunteer to do my
best to handle all the newbie questions.

Jer

"standing on top of the world/ never knew how you never could/ never knew
 why you never could live/ innocent life that everyone did" -Wormhole

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