Dragaera

Mailing list vs. forum (was: warning to newbies)

Kenneth Gorelick pulmon at comcast.net
Tue Feb 10 17:20:17 PST 2004

Ken Gorelick
On Feb 10, 2004, at 6:07 PM, Mark A Mandel wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, Jason *Jaxel* Axelrod wrote:
>
> #I personally think this would be best as a Usenet. Newsgroups are 
> great and
> #I'm sure there would be no problem with people using Outlook, Forte,
> #Nutscrape or anyone else's favorite NNTP.
>
> This list is moderated. Newsgroups are open to anyone and can get a
> heavy load of spammers and trolls. I've been using newsgroups since the
> Internet was first DARPANet (early eighties), and I *really* value the
> civility and, let me say, "trashlessness" of this list.
>
> -- Mark A. Mandel

Of course, that leads to the inevitable question: which is better to 
enlarge one's manhood: witchcraft or sorcery?