[Asrg] We got some stinging criticism

People,

    Larry Seltzer 
<http://www.eweek.com/author_bio/0,1772,a=2299,00.asp> is the Security 
Center Editor for E-week.  He just wrote an article, 
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1583421,00.asp, and he has some 
pretty stinging criticisms of us.  In particular, he wrote:
> The group is an outgrowth of the Anti-Spam Research Group (ASRG), 
> <http://asrg.sp.am/> a part of the Internet Research Task Force 
> (IRTF). <http://www.irtf.org/> The ASRG has produced a digital 
> mountain of discussion but not a whole lot of consensus on actual 
> solutions, and there's way too much topical variety and digression on 
> the group's mailing list. All of this is perhaps why some folks went 
> to the IETF asking to be saved from themselves and to have a standard 
> put on the "railroad" track.
He also writes:

> All of this leads me to believe that the group is moving far too fast. 
> I agree with Wacker [Rand Wacker, director of product strategy at 
> Sendmail Inc. - Jeff ]  about real-world experimentation. Is it really 
> necessary to have a standard so quickly, when we're so early in the 
> real-world implementations of the major proposals? I wish we could 
> wait to get more experience with them first.
I guess there is no pleasing some people - but it would be interesting 
to talk with him and ask him for advice.

Jeff