Carl, all you said was: cc: newdom@iiia.org, DOMAIN-POLICY@internic.net, linuxisp@lightning.com, net-lawyers@lawlib.wuacc.edu, inet-access@earth.com, nanog@merit.edu, CompLaw@CompLaw.com There must be at least another 500 mailing lists you could have CC'd. None of them would have been appropriate, but then, neither are most of the above. I expect you to do better next time. Just because nobody wants to see this discussion on every list they subscribe to, is no reason they ought to be spared from hearing about your crusade. Remember, everyone needs to hear about your squabble with NSI/SAIC, even if they are only subscribed to the frisbee-lovers or kumquat-chefs mailing lists. Do some research. CC the rest of those lists. There are only 10,000 of them. Paul Vixie