[116643] in Cypherpunks
Re: Cypherpunks @ssz.com
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim May)
Mon Aug 16 23:56:09 1999
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Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 20:34:34 -0700
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From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Reply-To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
At 7:51 PM -0700 1999-08-16, Jim Choate wrote:
> Welcome to the Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer.
>
> THIS IS A VERY HIGH TRAFFIC INTERNATIONAL MAILING LIST
>
> The orginal Cypherpunks mailing list resided on toad.com. It was
> started in the very early 1990's by Eric Hughes and Tim May. It grew
Eric Hughes and Tim May called the first meeting(s). 1992 was the year.
Hugh Daniel was centrally involved in arranging the list. John Gilmore
hosted the list on his machine.
> at a very good rate over the years and garnered much mention in the
> popular and underground press. Many of its members are the leaders in
> cryptography, civil liberty litigation, and economics. In 1996 Eric
> began to become unsettled by the traffic and range of topics that were
> bouncing around the mailing list. As a means to better regulate the
> mailing list he instituted moderation.
Eric Hughes had nothing to do with the moderation decision in early 1996.
Check the archives. I won't recap the story here, but you'd better do some
careful refreshing of your memory.
> This went over like a lead
> baloon. The results of this policy change effectively killed the list
> and it became apparent with Eric's announcement that he was closing
> the list permanently that something had to be done.
No one announced the list was being closed permanently. Certainly not Eric
Hughes. Check with him (eric@sac.net) if you doubt me.
I haven't checked the rest of your history.
--Tim May
Don't tread on me.
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Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money,
ComSec 3DES: 831-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero
W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets,
"Cyphernomicon" | black markets, collapse of governments.
