G. writes:

> On a related note, it looks to me as though the list->usenet gateway
>  is working a lot better now.  Lately I'm seeing more messages in
>  comp.sys.hp.mpe than com.sys.hp.hpux.

That's true. A little while ago, only a very few postings were leaking over
into each other's domains. Now, the latency time seems to be quite low and the
two lists are reasonably faithfully recapitulating one another.

On the whole, I think the automatic archiving attributes of DejaNews
substantially outweigh the disadvantages of having people pick up your email
addresses in order to send you spam. DejaNews is an extraordinary resource
when used well.

The choice is -- and always will be -- to either have a private list, one that
people have to stumble onto because they know somebody who knows somebody --
or to have the HP3000 discussion out in the open. Steve Dirickson votes for a
closed list. On the whole, I think that that's a mistake.

Spam isn't going to go away, no matter what you do, until someone starts
charging you for every packet that you send out. Then, at least, it will be a
higher class of spam.

W.