On Sat, 30 Jan 1993 14:03:12 +0100 Eric Thomas said: >On Sat, 30 Jan 1993 00:18:13 PST Dave Gomberg <GOMBERG@UCSFVM> said: > >>I for one would like to object that the idea behind LISTSERV, MAILER and >>like software is network maintenance. > >Concretely, what are you objecting to? "Safe= Yes" prevents mailing loops >which by definition are junk traffic. Oops, I misspoke. What I meant to say was that I wanted "To object TO the idea...". That is, maintenance is NOT the main purpose of LISTSERV as Eric points out. Dave Dave Gomberg GOMBERG@UCSFVM Internet node UCSFVM.UCSF.EDU fax-> 7797 Seven Gateview Court, San Francisco CA 94116-1941 voice-> (415)731-7793