In a message dated 10/13/2002 1:56:25 PM, JJJRLandau at AOL.COM writes:
<< According to American Speech, Volume 77, Number 3 (Fall 2002) page 311
footnote, ADS-L is a "chat room".
- Jim Landau (who thought he had joined a mailing list) >>
There is a great deal of empirical evidence in support of this theory, imho.