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Re: namedroppers mismanagement, continued

2002-11-27 11:14:29
Hi -

Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 11:50:23 -0500 (EST)
From: "Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" 
<froomkin(_at_)law(_dot_)miami(_dot_)edu>
To: ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
Cc: iesg(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
Subject: Re: namedroppers mismanagement, continued
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...
Regardless of the specifics of this case, I think a good rule would be to
say that all bounced messages on any IETF list MUST be archived on a
separate 'bounced' list.  To whom would this suggestion best be directed?
...

As someone who has maintained a couple of WG mailing lists
for several years, I'd object to the imposition of such a
requirement.  The amount of spam, especially *large* (megabyte
or more) viral messages, directed at WG mailing lists makes
keeping all the trash a highly unattractive proposition.

(Much of the viral spam I see bears the forged addresses
of legitimate subscribers, so I have to resort to other
mechanisms to keep the lists clean.)

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