Re: It's time for some new steps (was: [Welcome to the "Ietf-honest" mailing list])

Scott Brim <swb@employees.org> Tue, 10 February 2009 17:12 UTC

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Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:12:17 -0500
From: Scott Brim <swb@employees.org>
To: Cullen Jennings <fluffy@cisco.com>
Subject: Re: It's time for some new steps (was: [Welcome to the "Ietf-honest" mailing list])
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Excerpts from Cullen Jennings on Tue, Feb 10, 2009 09:40:55AM -0700:
>
> On Feb 9, 2009, at 6:20 PM, Scott Brim wrote:
>
>> Dean's mail does not hurt any of us.  OK, it does take a minute of
>> our time to unsubscribe but that's it.
>
>
> In my opinion it is not alright for someone to harvest email address
> off and IETF list then subscribe all those people to some list they
> did not consent to be on?

I see your point, but does it warrant a perpetual irrevocable ban on
all interactions?  

> PS. I would also like to point out that though Dean may allow Scott
> to  unsubscribe, there are many people that he does not allow to
> unsubscribe.

Are you sure of that?  Have you tried?