Re: [Tools-discuss] emailing authors of an RFC

[Henrik Levkowetz <[e-mail]>]

On 2019-06-12 17:52, Michael Richardson wrote:
> 
> Michael Richardson <[e-mail]> wrote:
>     > The page at: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc7030/ has an email button
>     > that generates:
>     > [e-mail]
> 
> BTW, I think that we want to encourage people to use the aliases @ietf.org
> for authors for three reasons:

You mean, as opposed to explicit author email addresses, yes?
> 
> 1) I think that it will indirect through DT database, so if an author changes
>    their email, it should follow them?

Yes.

> 2) we can include WG chairs, WG lists, or BIS authors, or other people, particularly
>    we can also keep people from spamming authors if necessary.
>    (particularly authors who have moved on)

Yes, if an author disable all their email addresses in the datatracker,
that will be the effect.

> 3) we can archive things if that makes sense, or even bring request trackers
>    into the loop if it seems appropriate in the future.

Ack.


	Henrik