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Subject: Re: Finding A Listowner
From: "D. J. Bernstein" <djb @ cr . yp . to>
Date: 15 Jun 1998 23:48:27 -0000
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I've found that users have a much easier time with list-subscribe and
list-unsubscribe than with subject/body commands sent to list-request.

Eric Thomas writes:
> the IETF's role is to act as some kind of neutral ground or mediator
> and develop standards that the industry agrees with or is at least
> likely to implement. 

The industry develops its own standards, and ignores the IETF.

Exception: When several companies want to coordinate actions without
risking antitrust lawsuits, they communicate through IETF mailing lists.
The loss of privacy is a small price to pay for avoiding regulation.

---Dan
50000 new aliases in 6 seconds. http://pobox.com/~djb/fastforward.html



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