Re: List moderation [was: Request to mailing list Add rejected]

Rob Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com> Wed, 09 October 2019 05:31 UTC

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From: Rob Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 12:31:01 +0700
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Subject: Re: List moderation [was: Request to mailing list Add rejected]
To: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 2:27 AM Brian E Carpenter <
brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> wrote:

> I was a bit surprised to notice that
> https://www.ietf.org/how/lists/nonwglist-guidelines/ doesn't say anything
> about whether non-WG lists should or should not be moderated.
>

Does it really matter? It's not like the IETF follows its own rules in
high-pressure situations. FWIW, I think it was a good idea to moderate the
ADD list. There were a lot of personal attacks and other flames going on.
To me, this is just the latest occurrence in the IETF's long tradition of
DNS mailing list moderation[1]. :)

thanks,
Rob

[1] https://cr.yp.to/djbdns/namedroppers.html