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>To: wg-chairs@apps.ietf.org
>Subject: mailing lists that don't allow outside posts
>cc: moore@cs.utk.edu
>From: Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>
>Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 13:23:39 PDT
>
>It's come to my attention that some of the WG mailing lists don't
>allow posts from people who aren't on the list.
>
>This is not an acceptable policy for IETF WG lists. It's important to
>allow people who aren't subscribed to the list to make suggestions
>or ask questions. It's also important to allow cross-postings
>between lists where a single topic is of interest to multiple
>working groups. Finally, it unfairly penalizes against those
>who use subaddresses.
>
>There are other ways of effectively blocking spam besides
>blocking postings from non-subscribers.
>
>Lists that do this need to be fixed asap.
>
>Keith
>