No need for everyone to jump on this. Mark and I have already discussed it, and you can read that I won't use it again. cheers, JD
On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 1:04 PM, am <doar9...@yahoo.com> wrote: > 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
