Re: my posting to newdom@ar.com

"Richard J. Sexton" <richard@vrx.net> Wed, 20 August 1997 23:06 UTC

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At 06:52 PM 8/20/97 -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:

Hi Perry. How come I'm "Mr. Sexton" all of a sudden? Is this
sme newfound Euro manners ? :-)

>Mr. Sexton, the IETF is a voluntary organization. The members have
>decided they don't want to address the issue. You have no way to force
>them to do so. You are free to found another organization consisting
>of people of a different opinion. Now, could you please stop
>broadcasting this topic to thousands of uninterested IETF members who
>have decided they don't want to deal with this issue?

Good point. Now how do you suggest the IETF members who are interested
in the issue organize?