Tim writes:
> Making the Cypherpunks list a Usenet group has been discussed many,
> many times. In fact, search Usenet for "cypherpunks" and one should
> find one or more newsgroups, ready for use. (IIRC, Adam Back created
> several groups.)
Not me. I think it was Paul Bradley if I recall. Not that it
matters. The alt.cypherpunks newsgroup still seems to be around, and
gets zero traffic. USENET tends to be pretty noisy, so I'm not sure
it would've helped even if it had gained popularity. USENET software
tends to be a little better at filtering junk. I used to read
cypherpunks at the mail2news USENET gateway at hks.net, that was
convenient, but it's long dead now.
I tend to think the list junk isn't a big problem. Procmail or any
other half-decent filtering software can get filter out the recursive
list subscription attempts with occasional tweaking.
There were, and maybe still are a few filtered versions of
cypherpunks, which strip out the junk for people who can't be bothered
to deal with filtering software.
Adam
