[CQ-Contest] Where did "Reflector" come from?

[Barry]

When in doubt google or wikipedia it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_mailing_list


On 6/10/2019 3:20 PM, N4ZR wrote:
> I first became a member of the Towertalk reflector at least 25 years 
> ago, when there was no CQ-Contest and we felt the need to mention 
> "tower" or "antenna" somewhere in our contesting-related messages to 
> avoid (we thought) the moderator's wrath.
>
> Looking back, do any of you greybeards out there remember where the 
> name "reflector" came from? I much prefer it to "list" or "listserv"
>