From cowan@xxxxx.xxxx.xxxx Wed Nov 4 13:02:19 1998
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Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1998 16:02:19 -0500
From: John Cowan <cowan@xxxxx.xxxx.xxxx
Subject: Yes, "onelist" is real; sorry for the apparent spam

I didn't know when I sent out the onelist announcement that
it would appear to come from "onelist team" rather than from
me, John Cowan (author of _The Complete Lojban List_, and all that).
Being the list owner, I didn't get a copy myself, and I didn't
think to put my own .signature file on it.

Sorry about that.

I've talked to Bob on the phone and straightened out these points:

> John Cowan and I are the Lojban List owners, and John would not have set
> this up without telling me ahead of time, which he did not.

I told Bob that I was going to do this several weeks ago, but he
misunderstood or misremembered. He then pinged me because I hadn't
done anything, and I decided today that this day was as good as
any other.

> I do not know who "lojban-owner@onelist.com" will reach.

Me, at present; shortly, both me and Bob.

> We will strongly prefer a non commerical, non-advertising list site when we
> choose.

My belief (and Bob now accedes to this) is that such lists are hard
to come by at present. The advertising done by OneList consists
of ads for OneList, which I consider benign, and includes a
how-to-unsubscribe brief message, which is very useful.

> Maybe I have said something about this to people without remembering it.

Indeed, but only to me, privately by phone. Ah well....

-- 
John Cowan	http://www.ccil.org/~cowan	cowan@ccil.org
You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn.
You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn.
Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)