Re: Understanding response protocols

> > > I wasn't going to step into this discussion again. Bad mistake. I 
> > > think I'll try very hard to shut up from now on.
> > Please don't. The silent majority needs to be heard from time to time.
> Judging by the silence of the majority, one might surmise that while 
> the current situation is far from ideal, no suggested alternative 
> seems worth the bother.
I don't think this group is a representative sample of email users 
anyway.  One reason that IETF makes decisions by consensus rather than 
by voting is that its participants are self-selecting.