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Re: [Asrg] defining the ASRG (was Re: draft-irtf-asrg-criteria (was Re: request for review for a non FUSSP proposal))

Ian Eiloart <iane@sussex.ac.uk> Thu, 02 July 2009 11:56 UTC

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--On 1 July 2009 13:09:20 -0600 "J.D. Falk" <jdfalk-lists@cybernothing.org> 
wrote:

> Steve Atkins wrote:
>
>> (A problem that's usually best solved by killfiling anyone participating
>> in that sort of thread).
>
> If we're going to go back to first principles, how 'bout discussing the
> purpose of the ASRG?  I joined thinking the word "research" was in there
> somewhere, but it's clear there's no research going on -- and none likely
> to occur.
>
> So, what's this group for?  Why are we all participating in it?

I joined because I thought I'd learn about research related to spam.  I 
stay because it turns out to be a good place to discuss issues relating to 
spam, even though it turns out that there's little actual research. Perhaps 
there are other fora that might be more suitable.

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Ian Eiloart
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