At 2:19 PM -0600 10/12/98, Nathan Brindle wrote:
>More properly speaking, LISTSERV is a daemon, not a robot.  A daemon sits
>and waits for something to happen, a robot goes out and actively stirs around
>(therefore web crawlers are considered robots).  I don't think I would ever
>call LISTSERV a robot.  I'm stretching the classical definition of 'daemon'
>here but it really fits better as the general class of programs to which
>LISTSERV belongs.
>
>Quite frankly the description "mailing list manager" is probably still
>the best, although the acronym MLM unfortunately also refers to a
>questionable type of get-rich-quick scheme :(

Even MORE properly speaking, an acronym is a set of initials that form a
pronounceable word . MLM are just initials;  FUBAR is an acronym. :-)
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