Joe, >>I also completely agree with Randy's point. Posting to IETF lists should >>be restricted to list participants. > >That's often harder to do than it appears, esp. for those who have >multiple mail addresses from which they might reply, or for those on local >'exploder' lists that would never show up as mail sources. Let me tell you how I administer my lists (via majordomo). The lists are configured to only forward messages from either list members or those email addresses in a separate approved list. Any other messages get kicked out to me as the list admin. 99.99% are spam and I just delete them. Those that are on-topic are approved for transmission, and I add the source email address to the approved list. Works like a charm. As WG chair, I'm willing to put up with the spam in order to spare the list's members. Cheers, Andy