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Frank,

> Does "Zed" have a name? I know nothing about him. Do you?

I only know that he was good enough to take care of
the list. If he wants to release his (or her) real name
s/he will do it, otherwise I am comfortable with calling him Zed.
(As I understand, every list member has this option, to be called
any name s/he wishes on the list.

> Until  then, anyone posting to the webkahuna address (in other words,
> Navigation-L)  should anticipate that around 2% of messages will fail to
> distribute while 0.1%  is typical of a functioning list service.

I don't know how these 2% were computed, but apparently some people
feel OK with this percentage of undelivered messages:-)
Whenever my message does not reach the list for any reason,
I usually KNOW this (because I do not receive it from the list)
So I can send it again.

> In the meantime, what are the BENEFITS of sticking with Navigation-L?

Good and simple web interface
(no advertising, no graphics, very fast, even with slow connection)
Easy to find recent messages
(Sorting on your screen by several parameters,
by author, by time, and by topic).
Easy to change or modify the topic in any way you wish.
No password and no registration with Google for using the
web interface,
and in general,
Independence of a "big corporation" on the web.
(Of all those "big corporations" on the web, I respect
Google most, by the way, but still my philosophy is that
if something can be done without "help" of a big company,
it should be done without:-)

(It is for the same reason that I prefer to use Linux instead of
Windoze and other Microsoft products, though of course many of
my friends ask similar questions you do: what are the advantages etc.

Alex.



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