[ih] Holly

[Bob Purvy]

Not being uniform is a feature, not a bug. It keeps the spammers in *their*
 silos.

On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 1:01 PM Jack Haverty via Internet-history <
internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> Some of the "mailing lists" (groups, forums, whatever) that I get have
> similar links at the bottom of each message.   But the link is supplied
> for "managing your account", and only works if you're already a member
> and supply your associated password to that site. Since my browser
> remembers such passwords and I'm invisibly logged in, it's often hard to
> tell if non-members can use the same link I use or need some other
> instructions to join.
>
> I couldn't remember if this list behaves that way or not.
>
> This seems like another example of silo-ization in the mailing
> functionality of the Internet, in that the techniques for "mailing
> lists" have never been standardized.   Or if they have, it hasn't been
> followed uniformly.
>
> /Jack
>
>
> On 9/3/21 12:02 PM, touch at strayalpha.com wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sep 3, 2021, at 8:31 AM, Jack Haverty via Internet-history
> >> <internet-history at elists.isoc.org
> >> <mailto:internet-history at elists.isoc.org>> wrote:
> >>
> >> FYI, Holly's current email address:
> >>
> >> Holly Knight <hollyk at live.com <mailto:hollyk at live.com>>
> >>
> >> I'd tell her how to join this group, but it's been so long I can't
> >> remember...
> >
> > It is at the bottom of every message you receive from the list (click
> > the listinfo link).
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> > Joe
> >
> > —
> > Joe Touch, temporal epistemologist
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