From: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 23:37:33 +0800
To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Subject: Re: The Interlinked Cypherpunks Lists? (fwd)
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At 06:50 PM 5/13/97 -0800, Tim May wrote:
>Instead, imagine this "service":
>- a distribution point (= list) which subscribes to all of the various
>lists (cyberpass, algebra, ssz, etc.)
>- it sends out to subscribers the first instance of any message it receives
>- duplicates (see discussion below) would not be sent
>- it would, ideally, be on a robust machine

As a filtering service, it would be great, though most of the duplicates
I see are articles posted on one or more of (cypherpunks, coderpunks,
cryptography), and I'd see a few more dups if I read alt.cypherpunks
regularly.

On the other hand, one of the reasons we have multiple list servers
is to reduce the risk of a single cypherpunks list site dying again
(as well as just the effect of several people volunteering at once.)
A filter site is a single point of failure, though it's a less serious
failure if there are still multiple lists feeding it.
If the filter can set the headers appropriately so that the
author and originating-list information still works, 
then it matters even less if it goes down.


#			Thanks;  Bill
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