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Eric Thomas <[log in to unmask]>
Tue, 15 Oct 1996 05:24:26 +0200
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Netscape will work  with LISTSERV. Commands issued through  a web browser
always require  confirmation due  to excessive  numbers of  mischiefs per
unit of time. Yes,  I realize you can do this with  any TELNET utility or
(usually) by reconfiguring  your mail program, but in  practice people do
not call to complain about this.  People who use a mail program regularly
are also  much more likely  to have typed  a working e-mail  address when
setting up their  mail program than people who clicked  on a 'mailto' tag
on a page they found on AltaVista and were suddenly asked to supply their
name and e-mail address. The latter are  also very likely to have no idea
what "subscribing to a LISTSERV list" means and to end up demanding to be
taken off the  list. As a rule,  someone who doesn't know how  to read or
reply to a mail message probably didn't mean to join the list.
 
  Eric

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