[ Ed. note: I seemed to have sent some nasty embedded character in the original, fine for windows, but no so fine for nix. Resent, tks...] Dear Colleagues: This morning, a new Acceptable Use Policy was posted on the NANOG website. http://www.nanog.org/aup.html Please be aware of it and note some significant changes. Much of the language like "discouraged" was removed so that readers of the list can interpret the AUP clearly vs. the general and vague interpretations that were possible before. The problem we recently saw with marketers contacting people has been addressed as well. Of note to many of our enterprise network operator readers, there is a new addition that should be of great concern: 8. Autoresponders sending mail either to the list or to the poster are prohibited. If you for any reason turn on an automatic courtesy response (vacation, out of office, etc.) to people who mail you directly via nanog or a followup post, you will be removed from NANOG and you can resubscribe later. AUP Adherence and Support MLC comments that address a posters behavior not on the list MLC comments that address the relevancy of any thread will be consensus based and public MLC will seek internal consensus on warnings and warnings will be clearly identified as such AUP non-conformance is equally weighted Roll call votes for subscriber bans and/or reinstatement We tend to send notes of "concern" mostly, and if you are getting a warning, it will clearly be marked "warning" and will carry the full backing of the MLC. There was work around transparency of the inner mechanics of the list itself: Transparency Automated filters will be posted clearly and accurately on website Automated monthly statistics will be posted on website Public minutes of monthly meetings posted in a timely fashion on website Note: The AUP was _not_ unanimously approved by the NANOG MLC. The fractious item was #8, since it is beyond many folks control and required by employers _and_ easily mitigated by local filtering. And the obligatory -- "Please abide by the AUP". Best, -M<