SRE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> You are probably right that most want to be there, but you should at
> LEAST send email to each of them letting them know they've been added.
This is a courtesy, yet some people would see it as spam.
> That would get to more of them than posting here, and it would make
Would it? Your next statment:
> I've been running
> email lists for 5 years and only recently found out about THIS list.
I've known about list-managers since its inception. (I've been running
lists for over 8 years). There are lots of people running lists who
aren't on any listowner lists and who aren't aware of them; who probably
wouldn't join them if they were.
> All listserv lists are on lsoft's website unless the list owner takes
> steps to remove them.
Not all. Lists running the free version of LISTSERV don't automatically
get listed.
> At 08:12 PM 2/25/99 -0500, Vince Sabio wrote:
> >But since it is not possible for Topica to
> >know, short of clairvoyance, which list owners want to be listed
> >and which ones do not...
>
> Well, you could ask them. They're very easy to find!
As someone who spends a lot of time writing list owners, I can tell
you this is not always the case. Lots of them are, sure. Some are
very high-profile. But I drop 10-15 lists a month from the PAML due
to non-contact. I started querying servers instead of writing human
contacts because at least 50% didn't write back!
> none of the list owners at my site are here. I'm guessing that most of
> the list owners in the topica database don't know they are there.
I would say this is a correct assessment.
