[Coco] bit.listserv.coco CoCo Lists

[Stephen H. Fischer]

Hi,

A few weeks ago I asked the list owner to break the link, the person that
repaired the bridge between the two a couple of years ago. (10/17/2001)

I got no response, and nothing happened.

I think that it is time to actually contact Princeton, the list owner being
so long gone from Princeton that he is / was not a valid list owner. List
owners must be connected with Princeton.

If Princeton just deletes the list, not a problem as we are gone.

If anyone wishes to join a subcommittee to discuss what to say to Princeton
and how, e-mail me.

I have done some research already and found that the manuals for the
listserv are on line and that Princeton is running the current version.

I have not studied it in detail, but there are so many options and
capabilities that we may be able to make some changes to help.

Princeton just might accept one of us as a new list owner or at least
appoint one that we can exchange messages with.

I think that we should have only one person sending messages and send them
to just one person.

-- 
Stephen H. Fischer <sfischer1 at mindspring.com>

"copper wire" <NoEmail at NoEmail.NoNet> wrote in message
news:NoEmail-0201041004260001 at h24-77-190-53.wp.shawcable.net...
> In article <me-C0FE27.10332302012004 at 28-76.newscene.com>, Dan
> <me at here.net> wrote:
>
> > In article <0b99c4f273d3eacab7fc61bcaa1181a0 at news.onlynews.com>,
> >  Dennis Bathory-Kitsz <bathory at bathory.org> wrote:
> > > Hi all CoCo enthusiasts,
> > > We all feel uncomfortable about the need to moderate a list
membership,
> > > but for now it appears necessary for those (like me) swamped by spam
and
> > > mini-DOS attacks. We also remain sad to have been forced to leave, due
> > > to spam, the faithful bit.listserv.coco newsgroup and the princeton
> > > server.
> >
> > Well, gee.  Maybe if you weren't so stupid as to post to newsgroups
> > using your real email return address, spam and DOS attacks wouldn't be a
> > problem.
> > I remember reading your stuff in 80-Micro back in the day.   You *used*
> > to be smart.   What happened?
> > Dan
>
>
> Dan, bit.listserv.coco is a newsgroup which is gatewayed to the coco
> mailing listserv at Princeton. Here in lies the problem, I do believe.
> Since anyone can sign up for the mailing list at princeton (and anyone
> does, including spammers), all that junk spam gets automatically gatewayed
> to the newsgroup bit.listserv.coco, making it virtually unreadable at this
> point in time.  I have a feeling that if the mailing list gateway to the
> newsgroup would be cut off, so to would most of the spam, but I'm just
> speculating. Unfortunately, many of the coco people accessed the mailing
> list listserv and not necessarily the newsgroup it was gatewayed to, so
> cutting of the mailing list from the newsgroup would have lost many of the
> coco people anyways.
>
> Dennis has kindly set up a new moderated email mailing list for the Color
> Computer, and a lot of the remaining CoCo users have moved over to that
> moderated mailing list and everyone is happy. No spam, just lots of coco
> related info from good coco people.
>
> Dennis Bathory-Kitsz is still smart.
>
> Wished I could say the same for you Dan, but then again, you never proved
> that you were smart to begin with. Cluestick: Next time think before you
> go shooting off your big inept mouth.