There is another reason somewhat different from what you have mentioned and
which I have found very handy with several lists. Most support the command
RECIPIENTS BY COUNTRY, which, as its name indicates, provides a list of
subscribers by country. I have found this feature very useful and I use it
a lot with PhotoHist. Every few weeks someone I want to be in touch with
finally joins the net and signs up.
> I figure that both of these functions can be served by other means (you
>can ask me if you're subscribed, you can ask a friend if they're
>subscribed, and you can post to the list if you're after someone's email
>address (although I'd prefer you use the archives)).
The latter would only show names of those who post however.
> So I'd like to know whether people have any serious objections to my
>knocking this command on the head. As people become more net-aware, such
>unsolicited email is likely to increase, and I'd like to nip it in the
>bud.
You must have a few tricks up your sleeves since this is the most spammfree
list I know of. Other lists are regularly bombarded with junkmail. This one
is so clean it's as if it were monitored...
Thanks for the good work Steve.
Luis Nadeau