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[at-l] RE: ATML Why at-l and atml?

> I don't know if anyone has asked this before, but why do we have two
> mailing
> lists to talk about the same "stuff?"  I know that Wingfoot runs one
> and Ryan
> runs the other, but don't they serve the same purpose?  
> 
I've been on the lists a relatively short time (2-3 months).  Starting
out, I assumed that WF's list was targeted mainly at topic related
specifically to thru-hiking, while Ryan's list was a forum for more
general discussion of AT topic.  But it seems that both lists are open
for any AT related discussion.

> How many of us are on both lists?
> 
> How many of us are not?
> 
I've often wondered about this too.  This is obviously difficult to
answer unless the two administrators somehow compared their lists.  Many
frequent posters are clearly on both lists.  But there are some, whose
particularly thoughtful insight I always welcome, who are not.

> Doesn't it make sense to combine these lists into one AT Discussion
> list?
> 
I suspect you're on very sensitive territory here.  IMHO, diversity is
good, the marketplace of ideas works even in non-economic arenas. ( I
hate it when I start sounding like Milton Freedman. )

> Many of us automatically post new messages to both lists, thus causing
> most of
> the answers to also be cross-posted (I delete duplicates now before
> digging
> through them).
> 
Guilty as charged.  I find that duplicate messages are easy to weed out.
I try (as do most I believe) to post replies only to the list(s) the
original message came from.  From the general lack of complaints about
this, I suspect that few people are seriously bothered by cross posting.

> Any historical perspectives would be interesting.
> 
I agree, but don't dig up any bodies on my account.

> -Paddler (ok, I know you are waiting for this.......  315 days and
> counting :)
> 
Peter 
	( maybe about 7000 days, but I'm not counting )

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