[ExI] [cryptography] a Cypherpunks comeback

[Eugen Leitl]

On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 09:41:14AM +0200, Adam Back wrote:
> Could you please get another domain name, that name is just ridiculous.
> 
> It might tickle your humour but I guarantee it does not 99% of potential
> subscribers...
> 
> Unless your hidden objective is to drive away potential subscribers.

For those who dislike posting to the "The Base", here's an alternative
domain for the same list: https://cpunks.org/mailman/options/cypherpunks
 
> Adam
> 
> On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 11:07:26AM +0200, Eugen Leitl wrote:
> >----- Forwarded message from "Riad S. Wahby" <rsw at jfet.org> -----
> >
> >Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 12:41:25 -0400
> >From: "Riad S. Wahby" <rsw at jfet.org>
> >To: cpunks-recipients-suppressed at proton.jfet.org
> >Subject: a Cypherpunks comeback
> >User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15)
> >
> >tl;dr:
> >I'm writing to invite you back to the Cypherpunks mailing list. If
> >you're interested, you can join via
> >   https://al-qaeda.net/mailman/listinfo/cypherpunks
> >
> >Hello,
> >
> >In the past couple days I've exchanged emails with John Young and
> >Eugen Leitl on some brokenness in the Cypherpunks mailing list. This
> >discussion brought us to a discussion of attempting to resurrect the
> >list's wetware, as it were, in addition to its software. At Eugen's
> >request, John dug up a couple Majordomo WHO outputs from about 15 years
> >ago; I tidied up the lists, and now I'm writing to you.
> >
> >So! if you still have an interest in crypto, privacy, and politics, and
> >if you want to discuss that interest with a bunch of like-minded weirdos
> >from the aether, you can subscribe yourself via the web interface above
> >or by sending an email with "subscribe" in the body to
> >cypherpunks-request at al-qaeda.net.
> >
> >(I am aware the provocative choice of domain name may discourage you
> >somewhat. I can only tell you that I've been running a Cypherpunks list
> >of some sort from this domain for a bit over a decade, and I haven't yet
> >been spirited away in a black helicopter. Here's hoping for another
> >helicopter-free decade.)
> >
> >Best regards, and welcome back, preemptively,
> >
> >-=rsw
> >on behalf of jya, eugen, and rsw
> >
> >----- End forwarded message -----
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