I agree with Mark on the abuse of the term (as well as the quality of product :-)) I correct this EVERYTIME I meet this abuse. earned me a reputation of a pedant, but the abuse has fallen off to nil.
A. On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 1:34 PM, Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> wrote: > On 06/17/2016 10:40 AM, Jim Dory wrote: > > I was using the term List-serv as a generic term meaning a mailing list > > people subscribe to in order to receive messages sent by members via > > email. > > > I understand that and that is exactly the usage I object to. I > understand I'm tilting at windmills and that I've long since lost this > battle, and I'm in no way trying to protect Eric Thomas' trademark, but > it annoys me to see Mailman conflated with Listserv because Listserv is > a proprietary competing product and I think Mailman and its community > are a better alternative. > > -- > Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, > San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan > ------------------------------------------------------ > Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 > Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 > Searchable Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ > Unsubscribe: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/doar9999%40yahoo.com > ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
