Assumptions

[Henry D. Musikar]

I agree with everything that Andrew has been saying concerning a news 
group. I could get the news, but I won't. I don't think the ability 
for people to find a group by accident to be much of a recommedation 
to participate. The American Uninversity here in Wash, DC used to 
advertise with a jingle:

American University, it's so easy to find.
Come out, come out and jog your mind.

Never seemed like the kind I place that I would like to attend; one 
that is trying to attract students that need a school that's "easy to 
find."

> From:          andrew at cee.hw.ac.uk (Andrew Dinn)
> Subject:       Re: Assumptions
> To:            Jester at snet.net (Jester)
> Date:          Mon, 18 Nov 1996 20:18:05 +0000 (GMT)
> Cc:            pynchon-l at waste.org

> Jester writes:
> 
> > REdBug worte:
> > I also assume that anyone who can access Usenet can be on our list, yes?
> 
> > You know what happens when you assume...
> > Of course not.  There is no such AUTOMATIC connection.  Posts to the
> > newsgroup will not be FORWARDED automatically to the mailing list, and posts
> > from the mailing list will not be automatically FORWARDED to the newsgroup.
> 
> Well, you seem to have missed Tim's point entirely. It is in response
> to your statement in the original note re the news group that an alt
> group would give more people access to duscussion of pynchon than the
> pynchon list. Actually, this is a misnomer.
> 
> Anyone who has email can use the pynchon list. To access
> alt.fan.pynchon one has to have a) a news feed and b) access to alt
> groups via that feed. These days almost no one who has a news feed
> will be without email. However, many people have email who do not have
> news and even where they do have a feed the alt groups are commonly
> dropped either due to disk shortage or censorship. So, the list is
> definitely no more exclusive than an alt group and is probably
> actually less so. The first of these two conclusions is what Tim was
> saying.
> 
> 
> Andrew Dinn
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