This article is from the Smashing Pumpkins FAQ, by Mike Hamilton michaelh@ualberta.ca with numerous contributions by others.
The Smashing Pumpkins newsgroup, alt.music.smash-pumpkins, and the
mailing list, Listessa, are primarily places to discuss the Smashing
Pumpkins. However, not every post/message will be. Topics range from
lyrical discussions to new song info, personal SP stories, and even more
general social interaction. Try to stay as much on-topic as possible,
and if a thread develops that you aren't interested in, ignore it- it
will die out eventually. Complaining about certain threads usually just
makes matters worse by prolonging them and generating meta-threads.
 
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