[Moon-net] Sending "test" messages to moon-net - why?

[Jim Miller]

Hi Ed,

I had also envisioned the reason behind the test messages being the cyclical
changes in message volume. I've sometimes wondered myself if the list were
active and in those cases I simply went to the archives to see if any messages
had passed by recently that I hadn't seen.  I see no need for "test" messages
when the archives are easily available to all. 

Even in the olde days of spotty connectivity (UUCP, dialup PPP, etc) there was
still not the volume of test messages on mailing lists that there are on the
modern moon-net list.

73 de Jim N8ECI

--- Edward Cole <kl7uw at acsalaska.net> wrote:

> Jim,
> 
> Although I agree "testing" is a nuisance, I believe it results from 
> folks wondering if the list is functional or if have have been 
> dropped as subscribers.  It would be better if they contacted the 
> list administrator than testing.  It is a bigger issue for folks with 
> dial-up and charged by volume of mail.  Fortunately I have DSL.
> 
> Ed - KL7UW
> 
> At 09:02 AM 3/1/2008, you wrote:
> >Just curious:
> >
> >Why do people send "test" messages to moon-net?  I've subscribed to
> literally
> >hundreds of different mailing lists over the past two and a half decades -
> >going all the way back to the days of the arpanet, yet I've never seen a
> list
> >that gets as many "test" messages as does this one. Personally, I find them
> to
> >be more annoying than the cw-vs-digital debate.
> >
> >Although it is prohibited by administrative edict, cw-vs-digital is at least
> >germane to the list topic- unlike "test" messages which are almost
> universally
> >accepted as a violation of mailing list etiquette.
> >
> >73 de N8ECI
> >
> >
> >
> > 
>
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