RE: Using IPv8 Addressing with IPv6

["Constantine Protopapas" <wiztech at cmpnetmail.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Masataka Ohta [mailto:mohta at necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp]
> Sent: Sunday, 19 July 1998 11:19
> To: Fred Baker
> Cc: ietf at ietf.org
> Subject: Re: Using IPv8 Addressing with IPv6
>
>
> Fred;
>
> > I don't think I used the word "censor". Every email list has a
> topic, and
> > the topic of the mailing list of the Internet Engineering Task Force is
> > things that pertain to the engineering of the Internet.
>
> Really? According to the IETF home page, the IETF ML is for general
> discussion. It says:
>
> 	The IETF discussion list is open, and therefore has a wide
> 	range of topics. However, be advised that employment
> 	opportunities and advertsing fall well outside the range of
> 	acceptable topics.
>
> It is an irony that I was told by some that technical discussion
> should be performed in MLs of individual WGs, even though the topic
> (multicast architecture) was related to several WGs and areas.
>
> So, I'm glad to know that you think engineering discussion is welcome
> on the IETF ML.
>
> Moreover, I don't mind if the scope of the IETF ML is narrowed, as
> long as there is some ML to discuss the operation of IETF itself.
>
> But, until that time, it is difficult to say some non-advertising
> topics are inappropriate.
>
> Finally, I think IPv6 issues can better be discussed in individual WGs.
>
>
Masataka,

When i posted my question about QoS, i didn't tink that i would cause such a
commotion. I got e-mails saying that it's not an appropriate matter to
discuss in this ML. I re-checked the discussion list mission statement and i
was puzzled. I though that this dialogue would be very interesting in this
list and i also thought that covers a wide spectrum of matters that can't be
discussed in specific MLs. What i propose (however far-fetched it might
sound) is a vote with the following question: "Are technical matters
appropriate for discussion in the IETF Discussion Mailing List?"

Constantine Protopapas
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