Re: text suggested by ADs

["Spencer Dawkins" <spencer at mcsr-labs.org>]

Sorry, I was imprecise.

From: "Sam Hartman" <hartmans-ietf at mit.edu>


> > > > > > "Spencer" == Spencer Dawkins <spencer at mcsr-labs.org> writes:
>
>    Spencer> - the mailing lists are often not set up to allow 
> posting
>    Spencer> by non-members
>
> That's a violation of policy.  Please see the IESG statement on spam
> policy; someone needs to be approving non-member postings for IETF
> working group lists.

"allow posting without manual intervention" - the mailing lists I've 
administered for IETF had two settings, "allow posting by non-members" 
and "hold postings by non-members for approval".

What I was trying to say was, this is probably sufficient for first 
feedback, but probably not sufficient for actually discussing a 
DISCUSS comment.

I've copied non-members asking for their feedback on technical 
questions a couple of times, and the discussion between people 
directly addressed and the rest of the mailing list gets badly 
of-of-sync very quickly, because directly addressed participants start 
responding to postings before they are approved, even with the most 
diligent mailing list admins.

Have a great day,

Spencer 



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