Hello, The below post is number 39 for the 'Whats Going On Saga' (including Vixie's ISP Vs. SPAM Monster, which has yet to spawn a sequel). And I would venture to say that 5-10 messages contained meaningful and not previously posted suggestions or material that would be helpful to the list. Here' s my question: Is it feasable or even possible to moderate a list of this size?? This list is rather large and see's quite a few messages daily. I have 1260 messages since Feb. 10th from this group. I like the list and plan on staying subscribed regardless, but I think some sort of moderation would be helpful to the list. Just a suggestion... Sean Rolinson snowdog@charm.net P.S. Paul, I loved your post about the light bulbs, it was hilarious... ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: david@sparks.net Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 21:17:09 -0400 (EDT) To: "Matthew E. Pearson" <mpearson@games-online.com> Cc: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: What's going on? On Fri, 18 Apr 1997, Matthew E. Pearson wrote:

My honest recommendation although nobody wants to hear it is simple. You accomplish it the same way telecom, video, and other providers have for years and years.. GOVERNMENT REGULATION. If every ISP had to get licensed by the US (or other..) government and a clearly defined set of regulations [...] I hate to say it but it appears that the Internet cannot run itself anymore because big-business does not want to sit down and play by the rules (not

[Many lines of "the government is the solution" deleted]

We better do something QUICK before Uncle Sam gets any bright ideas.

Don't you feel a little silly posting both these statements in the same message? You certainly look it:( --- David Miller ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's *amazing* what one can accomplish when one doesn't know what one can't do!