Me too, but I don't really mind. I'm off topic a lot. Like, this. Seriously, autmated spam notifiers wasting resources internet wide is an operational issue, but who am I to say? I've only been doing net ops/eng for many years so I can't tell the difference between a goldfish and a mako. ;D [ Wait, is being off topic on topic? ] On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Steven J. Sobol wrote:

so I will no longer post about SPEWS here.

Of course, I find it exceedingly interesting that Ms. Harris decided to yell at me and apparently not at any of the other 30+ people participating in the thread. Nor can I find any comments in the charter or on the web site about whether spam or DNS blacklists are on-topic or off-topic for this mailing list. And I don't expect Susan to reply to the private e-mail I sent her reiterating those two exact points.

**SJS

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On 2002-06-21-14:32:10, "Steven J. Sobol" <sjsobol@JustThe.net> wrote:

Of course, I find it exceedingly interesting that Ms. Harris decided to yell at me and apparently not at any of the other 30+ people participating in the thread.

No, you're not alone. <http://www.e-gerbil.net/ras/srh> <http://www.e-gerbil.net/ras/srh2>

Nor can I find any comments in the charter or on the web site about whether spam or DNS blacklists are on-topic or off-topic for this mailing list.

I'm not sure I see the logic in it either. Spam is a problem deeply impacting every single network operator -- far moreso than IRC DDoS, problems with clue-deprived residential cable and DSL services, building core routers with commodity PC hardware, and the like. ;) Still, her list, her rules, gotta respect 'em... -a