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From: MRC@SU-SCORE.ARPA (Mark Crispin)
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Subject: redistribution lists
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Date: Mon, 30-Apr-84 14:42:34 EDT
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     I might also add that an attitude which can be taken is that large
redistribution lists are a luxury, that they have at best an indirect
relationship to the purpose for which the US taxpayers pay for Internet,
and that therefore the annoyance and inconvenience of the occasional
failed mail message is the necessary price to pay for this luxury.  For
those on networks who pay charges for mail, their charges are small
compared to what the US taxpayers pay for Internet, and that therefore
it once again is the necessary price for electronic mail interaction with
the Internet.

     I do not necessary agree with this attitude.  Neither, however, do I
necessarily disagree with it.

     I do, however, strongly disagree with the approach advocated by
certain members of this list which states that the appropriate solution
to the problem -- if it is a problem to be solved -- is technological.
Many of the notorious examples of bad software design originates in the
attitude that any problem should be fixed by adding a special-case
heuristic.  I personally favor a operational/comprehensive design approach
and advocate adding heuristics only to match the design improvements.
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