Subject: Re: *****Sorry*****

From: Ben Ricker <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 14:41:29 -0700

I have seen Moos being listed in many places on InterNet...especially in
UseNet forums. I doubt that all the times I have seen a Moo list has
permission from each and every Moo to print it. Maybe they should, but the
ability to filter who logs in is enough fro me. If they then go public, at
least their name is out there already.

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 16:40:11 -0700

Ben Ricker <[email-masked]> writes:
>permission from each and every Moo to print it. 

Almost all lists I've seen on UseNet are made by Scott Goehring, and he is
amazingly careful about not including MUDs who don't want to be listed.

>Maybe they should, but the ability to filter who logs in is enough fro me. 
>If they then go public, at least their name is out there already.

Don't you think that perhaps the people who have to do the filtering might
disagree?

Respectfully,

   -Sam Weber

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From: Greg Hudson <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 16:54:32 -0700

> Almost all lists I've seen on UseNet are made by Scott Goehring, and
> he is amazingly careful about not including MUDs who don't want to
> be listed.

It is Scott's stated policy, last I checked, that he will list you,
with address, if he finds out about you, unless you explicitly tell
him not to.  I disagree with this policy, and it's possible that he's
changed it, but I haven't heard about it.

--GBH

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From: [email-masked] (Frank Crowell)
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 08:39:24 -0700

first.  about Scotts mudlist.  i think that a lot of us
consider the internet as a public highway.  so anyplaces found along
the highway, might be considered an interesting place to stop.
only when we get to the door, do we find that it is 'for memebers only'.
ok, so we move on.  That doesnt mean you automatically get excluded
from Scotts list. you  gotta tell him.

second. this mailing list is not public broadcast. the newsgroups are
public broadcasts. i think that a least some of us are on the mailing
list are here because we are interest in *technical* MOO issues.
in my case, i will visit MOOs that seem to encourage visitors and 
avoid those that dont (like MediaMOO). but i have no way of knowing
which, what, or anything unless someone says something. As far as 
i can tell, I could have gotten practically every address
that was in the MOOlist from my own mail.

so i appreciated the list. you MOOadministrator could add your
own stuff to it like what you are about.

-frank

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[Maddog's VirtualStuff Emporium          [email-masked]]

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From: Arthur Chandler <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1993 09:40:47 -0700

Does anyone have a list of the player size of exitsing MOOs? That is,
how many named accounts plus the number of variable guest accounts (like
the color_guest on some MOOs).
  Thanks.

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1993 10:37:54 -0700

Your message dated: Thu, 29 Jul 93 09:40:47 PDT
> the color_guest on some MOOs).

Maybe the @players command could be moved from generic wizard to
one of the utility packages and made +x.  It's interesting information.

Are there any reasons to keep this info confidential?
Any security reasons why it is wiz only?

I suppose it is computationally expensive...  that could be fixed by updating
it once per day, and just giving the user the prepared text.  It would be neat
if someone wrote a MOO cron to make it easier to schedule periodic tasks.

-- Amy