Miata Mailing List: December 1993, Message #9
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   From: "Michael Butler" 
Subject: Re: CompuServe, Miataville, and the List (fwd)
   Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1993 14:59:26 -0500

Shel Hall writes:
>
>Since I get only the monthly digest, I was unaware of the "CompuServe"
>discussion until now ... you may want to forward this to the list, or to
>those particularly interested in this topic, and ask that anyone with
>comments CC me on their responses, unless they want a reply a month from
>now ...

Since I was the one to raise the stink, let me make a few comments.  Shel,
I've scanned the previous digests and I can find no mention of you wanting
to post the Miata list to Compuserve.  I don't doubt your intentions, but
you can save yourself a lot of work and placate cranky people like me by
simply telling the people on Compuserve how to get the monthly (or weekly
or daily) digest from Andy's Listserv machine.  You don't need ftp for this,
a simple note to listserv will suffice -- check any of the previous
digests for instructions.

This will save you from "editing" the digests -- another thing I'm
uncomfortable with.  I realize the culture on Compuserve (or the more fascist
Prodigy) differs from Internet.  IMHO, the digests should be transmitted
in full (well, maybe minus the header garbage) -- warts and all.

As to the "notice" to be attached to the digests, this is what I suggest:

Note: No part of this list is to be used for any commercial purposes.  Prior
      consent of the author is required for any non-commercial publication.

Comments?

Michael Butler