From: blockedofcourse@foo.invalid   
      
   On 12/15/2025 11:45 PM, Daniel wrote:   
   > Don Y  writes:   
   >   
   >> On 12/11/2025 2:34 AM, Martin Brown wrote:   
   >>> On 11/12/2025 07:18, Daniel wrote:   
   >>>> I am in the process of learning electronics for homebrew   
   >>>> applications. While this NG will likely serve as a learning aid, I was   
   >>>> hoping some of you would know of a good listserv I can join as a   
   >>>> supplement to this NG. So far I've been okay on my own.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I'm not a member of any social networks. At this point, only looking for   
   >>>> listserv membership.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Otherwise, I've been lurking on Libera IRC in ##electronics channel.   
   >>> Listserv are mostly defunct now. There are various forums and also   
   >>> the electronic engineering and signal processing parts of Stack   
   >>> Exchange.   
   >>   
   >> Software products (esp FOSS) still rely heavily on mailing lists.   
   >> It's much nicer having information COME to you than having to PULL it.   
   >> And, you don't have to dick with silly "forum software" that doesn't   
   >> know how to thread, adores HTML, etc.   
   >>   
   >> It's also a lot more private (or, can be) and disciplined.  There's   
   >> additional "responsibility" that comes with knowing your comments   
   >> are being *distributed* to a particular group of people (instead   
   >> of "being made available")   
   >   
   > Yeah, some people like to make authoritative statements about things as   
   > if they know. Perhaps they think the rest of us are too dumb to know   
   > better.   
      
   To be fair, most of "traditional internet chat" has moved away from   
   USENET, IRC and mailing lists in favor of forums.  Aside from the graphical   
   user interface that it presents, I don't see much value to that move;   
   you lose threading, have to GO to the conversation (instead of having   
   it delivered to your inbox), have less control over who sees the   
   content, etc.   
      
   > I found a listserv after more research. After an inital post and   
   > receiving the response, I was auto-removed a few days later due to   
   > bounce backs. I checked for archives and there were none. The list was   
   > created but either misconfigured or never maintained.   
      
   In the past, I've found lists that *appeared* to exist but likely   
   never materialized.  In at least one instance, my "subscription"   
   (using an email address never distributed elsewhere) led to an   
   onslaught of spam.   
      
   [Having lots of email addresses -- and guarding any PRECIOUS ones -- means   
   it is easy to discard one that is exploited by a spammer]   
      
   > I'm sure a list exists and unadvertised. You nailed it though.   
      
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