On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Kim Hubbard wrote:
We thought it best not to include specific exceptions because although we were aware of several possible exceptions, we didn't want people to feel restricted to just those listed. There could've been some we didn't know about and we wanted to wait until we heard from some of the requesting
OTOH, the new policy could have said something like: Examples of exceptions to this new rule are (but are not limited to): A) websites using SSL (https://) B) virtual host anonymous FTP sites C) ... etc. Instead, we're all left guessing. Nobody has a clue what might constitute a valid exception. We waste lots of time whining and arguing about the new policy and create a huge message thread. The thread begins to wander and spawns sub-threads arguing about the validity of various protocols, file naming conventions, etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jon Lewis *jlewis@lewis.org*| I route System Administrator | therefore you are Atlantic Net | _________ http://www.lewis.org/~jlewis/pgp for PGP public key_________