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 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
