Andrew G. Malis wrote: > 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). Well, everyone seems to have at least one MORE piece of software I need to run to solve this problem. Or for any given problem, some OTHER piece of software already solves it. Sadly, integration is challenging. > The lists > are configured to only forward messages from either list members or > those email addresses in a separate approved list. Who approves it? who maintains it? Ay, there's the rub. Joe