From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 7 16:50:35 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCAE416A4CE for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 16:50:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp11.wanadoo.fr (smtp11.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A9FF43D1D for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 16:50:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1109.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 988251C000A7 for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 17:50:34 +0100 (CET) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf1109.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 5A1431C000AD for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 17:50:34 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050207165034369.5A1431C000AD@mwinf1109.wanadoo.fr Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 17:50:34 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <15310210442.20050207175034@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: References: <200502061420.24415.krinklyfig@spymac.com> <1165136567.20050207171314@wanadoo.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: favor X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 16:50:35 -0000 Eric Kjeldergaard writes: EK> Not always so, I know of many newspapers that go to subscribers only EK> (which local libraries are often among). This is especially true of EK> places without newstands. It doesn't matter where they go. It only matters where they may be expected to go by someone writing to the newspaper. EK> I think there may be a fundamental misunderstanding of media going on EK> here. A mailing list isn't the press. EK> Newspapers are printed on newspaper which gives them a very EK> short lifespan. Most libraries and newspapers have archives going back for decades. EK> More importantly, e-mail by its nature is delivered to mail servers EK> which almost without exception store the mail to a persistent data EK> store (often an hard disk). In this way, mail is archived (sometimes EK> nearly permanently) and is not ephemeral at all. These archives are not accessible to the general public. Note that it is perfectly possible to set up a mailing list that forbids local archiving, or any archiving at all. Some mailing lists have good reason to do this. EK> Many also do not. They take a greater risk. EK> You city folk complicate things. The larger the world, the more complex it becomes. And the Internet covers the planet. -- Anthony