I for one would like to object that the idea behind LISTSERV, MAILER and
like software is network maintenance.  I claim that the idea behind them
is network traffic promulgation.  If they help A LITTLE BIT with maintenance
that is OK, but they should place network function ahead of network dis-
function.  So if part of the net is not working quite right, they should
put "dealing" with that (backwards error reporting for example) far behind
getting the message thru and preventing junk traffic (as best they can).
 
I especially like the LISTSERV duplicate post prevention.  And I especially
dislike all the software which thinks it has some obligation to keep the
net running properly.  Can we leave that task to the down nodes, and not
propogate the distress thruout the world?   I for one would like that.
 
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