[Coco] A return to bit.listserv.coco?

[James Dessart]

On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, L. Curtis Boyle wrote:

>     I guess one thing that everyone is overlooking is the "casual"
> user, who may, on a lark, decide to search for old Coco stuff on the
> web. When they want to join this list, they have to actually sign up,
> and wait for a response. For some of the more casual people; that's
> too much trouble, and they will just go elsewhere to look for
> information. I know i don't often sign up to a group like this unless
> I have a keen interest in it; some mailing lists for vintage games
> (for all platforms) have required signups, and I have never joined
> them, just because I was just browsing, found a link, and, when
> prompted with login screens saying I will get an account within X
> days, I just go (eh... nah, I'm not THAT interested).

If you're not THAT interested, who says anything you contribute will be
interesting to the people on the list? If you have a specific question, do
you avoid joining a list?

Waiting for a reply on a newsgroup is just as painful as waiting for a
reply on a mailing list.

James