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grobe+news@netins.net (Jonathan Grobe) wrote:

>I suggested you call him on the phone. Did you? Or was a phone call
>too expensive?

I decided not to call him for a number of reasons:  (1) money, (2) I'm
not the owner of bit.listserv.lawsch-l, and (3) e-mail should be
perfectly appropriate.  If he's not going to respond to e-mail, why
should I phone him?  To be in his face?  He owes me nothing.

I've already taken a greater interest in this matter than I have the
time for.  To be honest, I don't understand how an entire newsgroup
hierarchy can rely on the good will of one person, but the newsgroup
world is a weird place, and every time I interpose myself into its
midst, I am mystified by its inner workings, its big shots, and its
strange rules.

My recommendation, based on all this, would be to kill
bit.listserv.lawsch-l and create a simple mailing list hosted by a
reputable and reliable server.  But I was trying to find a solution
that would keep the gate alive and working in a reliable manner.


Bob