On Thu, 5 Jan 2006, Pete Weiss wrote: > I thought Usenet/Listserv was superceded by blogs, wikis, RSS, vcasts, > and VOIP ?? > [tongue in cheek]. Well, over ten years ago Nathan Brindle routinely referred to UseNet as "UselessNet". Having run a list which was, over my objections, gatewayed to UseNet (never again), and spelled for a couple of weeks the listowner of another gatewayed list, I agree with Nathan's long ago comment. UseNet doen't like the way LISTSERV does things? Gee, ain't that just too bad. Get rid of the gateway and you won't have the problem. You want a Usenet group? Fine, have one. You wan't a listserv list? Fine, have one. I have not found gatewayed lists to be worth the trouble caused by the gateway (besides the point that, in my experience, one gets a much different clientele on LISTSERV lists and Usenet d.g.s, and they often don't get along with each other very well). Douglas Winship [log in to unmask]