Re: [ALSC-Forum] Re: Another model to consider

[Kent Crispin]

On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 11:22:42AM -0700, Karl Auerbach wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 20 Aug 2001, Esther Dyson wrote:
> 
> > There's a third alternative. Sign up for an aliased e-mail list, so that
> > you can be reached only through that list.  Then create a mechanism for a
> > variety of third-party mailing lists.
> 
> That technique is useful, but it is not sufficient.
> 
> The sine qua non is that members must be able reach one another privately,
> in secret, and without tipping off those who are in opposition of what is
> afoot.

That technique is indeed sufficient.  Those who wish their addresses to
be available for the purposes you describe can advertise them to the
list; those who don't, don't.  This allows the function you want, for
those that wish to participate, and allows those who don't want to
participate to keep their identities private.

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Kent Crispin                               "Be good, and you will be
kent@songbird.com                           lonesome." -- Mark Twain