On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> wrote:
> * On 2010 31 May 20:06 -0500, Radio K0HB wrote:
>> Doug,
>>
>> In my opinion, internet email reflectors are mostly fact-free.
>
> How is this a reflector? Where I come from they're called mail lists.
> No one else but hams have mis-named this function a "reflector".
I'd been assuming that this terminology was a hangover from packet
radio, or something, although I can't find any reference to non-email
"packet reflectors". I work for a UNIX-based company, and there,
mailing lists are referred to as "aliases", because that's the
mechanism that was used to create them in the olden days.
~Iain / N6ML
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