>    And while I believe that you are seeing better
>  response from e-mail, I don't believe that it's useful to generalize
>  your experience to other Bitnet sites.
 
I didn't.  I said nothing whatsoever about other sites.  My main point was
in response to somebody's posting saying that not sending commands
interactively was "a bear."  If it's such a bear, I would use bitnet.
 
>  Unless the site that's hosting your list drops off Bitnet, in which case
>  you won't have a list anymore, unless some other Bitnet site adopts it.
 
I said that.
 
I realize that I'm making no new points in this reply, but I dislike having
what I've said distorted.
   --Natalie ([log in to unmask])