[TLS] Reminder: Mail List Procedures

Sean Turner <sean@sn3rd.com> Fri, 02 October 2026 04:52 UTC

From: Sean Turner <sean@sn3rd.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3864.700.51.1.3\))
Message-Id: <532BFC44-0E83-4134-AEF0-8414F9DFE922@sn3rd.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:52:36 -0400
To: TLS List <tls@ietf.org>
Message-ID-Hash: 2TCSBXUX7SPQCXZ5RRM222PTX6SR7DNQ
Precedence: list
Subject: [TLS] Reminder: Mail List Procedures
Archived-At: <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tls/5DrhRQuDXUEdc9sSh786YdfIJlg>

As a scheduled reminder, and not in response to recent messages, this list is governed by IETF’s Working Group Procedures [BCP25]. This document includes Anti-Harassment Procedures, and by participating you agree to the Note Well [NW] and to follow the Code of Conduct [CoC]. Thank you for contributing as part of the TLS Working Group.

As moderators of this list, the chairs are charged with determining when messages are “disruptive to the WG process”, phrase from RFC 3934, and, at a minimum, the chairs consider the following to be disruptive:
• Unsolicited bulk e-mail (from RFC 3683)
• Discussion of subjects unrelated to IETF policy, meetings, activities, or technical concerns (from RFC 3683)
• Unprofessional commentary, regardless of the general subject (from RFC 3683)
• Repetition of arguments without providing substantive new information 
• Requesting an unreasonable amount of work to provide information
• Including derivative work notices (see [IESGStatement])
* Excess debates about process

To elaborate on unprofessional commentary, the chairs believe that this also includes uncivil commentary as defined by the IETF List Moderators that includes threats of violence, personal attacks, and derogatory language; see [Language].

RFC 3683 also includes “announcements of conferences, events, or activities that are not sponsored or endorsed by the Internet Society or the IETF”. Please contact the chairs if you wish to share these types of announcements, but in general the chairs do not believe they are disruptive unless they are excessive and lack relevance.

Reminder that if at anytime you feel that if somebody is out of line you can say so on list or directly to us (mailto:tls-chairs@ietf.org), the ADs (mailto:sec-ads@ietf.org), or the Ombudsteam (mailto:ombudsteam@ietf.org).

Cheers,
The Chairs

[BCP25] https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/bcp25/
[NW] https://www.ietf.org/about/note-well/
[CoC] https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/bcp54/
[Language] https://github.com/ietf/Moderators/blob/main/uncivil-commentary.md#descriptions
[IESGStatement] https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/statement-iesg-statement-on-clarifying-derivative-works-rights/

[TLS] Reminder: Mail List Procedures Sean Turner