At 1:53 PM -0700 on 4/27/98, Pete Weiss wrote:


>
> If I did not have to put up with more spam, I would much prefer to read
> public list mail via Usenet news servers.  Of course that is due in part
> to our particular news and POP mail server configs, as well as my clients.
>
> Before the int'l spam conspiracy, reading LISTSERV distribution lists via
> the BIT.LISTSERV.listname hierarchy was my preferred Modus Operandi.

Many of my listmembers also prefer to set their subscription to nomail and
follow the list via the usenet newsgroup.

AFAIK, back when the gateway was working, the newsgroup was spam free,
since I used the listserv to moderate the newsgroup

Mark

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