Re: The Dean list

[Harald Alvestrand <harald at alvestrand.no>]

Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> I also was resubscribed. I received the usual totally clarifying 
> message one has come to expect from Mr Anderson.
>
> None of this suggests to me, however, that we ought to do something. 
> My understanding (and I'd appreciate being disabused if I'm wrong) is 
> that Mr Anderson is already not allowed to post to IETF lists, even 
> though he sometimes manages to do so anyway. If I'm right, I can't see 
> how banning him for longer, we mean it this time, neener neener, is 
> any help.  We just need better sieve rules, not better ietf ones. 
So far I haven't seen anyone but Dean Anderson post to the "ietf-honest" 
list, so for me there's no extra workload involved - my sieve filters 
are already doing the Right Thing.

We have a name for people who subscribe you to receive mail you don't 
want, and that word is "spammer". In this case, we even know exactly who 
the spammer is.

Dealing with the spammer is not an IETF matter, no matter what he calls 
his list.

                 Harald