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Re: full list for moderated list

2003-06-17 09:00:40
From: Harald Tveit Alvestrand <harald(_at_)alvestrand(_dot_)no>

...
In that particular instance, some people even questioned the integrity of 
the archives at the hosting site. So telling them "if you don't trust us, 
just archive this yourself, here's the feed" was actually a feature.
...

Agreed, but the interesting purposes can only involve convincing
reasonable people.  Giving a kook a feed won't convince it of anything
except that the feed is fake.  The goal should be to support quiet
inquiries by third parties, without forcing them to file IESG equivalents
of freedom of information act paperwork.  What the kooks, spammers,
and others subject to moderation think or say is entirely uninteresting.

As for giving more search engine hits to spammers--I've found Google's
pointers to spammers' work in IETF lists useful.  Such pointers tend
to shut up "cartooneys."


I've not noticed any real opposition to at least open archiving of
moderation rejections.  Is there anything that needs to be done to
make this an official recommendation, IESG policy, or whatever?


Vernon Schryver    vjs(_at_)rhyolite(_dot_)com