On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, Ian Cooper wrote: > But why must the author(s)/editor supply addresses and telephone numbers? > And what should an independent author/editor with no affiliation provide? > (Please don't tell me they should use their residential details - that's > unacceptable.) > > I understand that in rare cases the RFC Editor will allow publications with > only a persistent email address, but in that case I'm curious as to why we > don't just go that route and do away with physically bound points of > contact altogether. After all, they don't appear to serve any useful > purpose (other than to provide headhunters a number to call). I agree completely. I've zero intention to provide anything other than: - name - affiliation - city, country - email address in any draft I'll write; I won't put in street address, phone number or anything because I don't want to be contacted that way based on a draft/RFC: email address will work, and if not, it will be more or less trivial to find another address that does work. And if a new email address couldn't be found, one probably don't want to be contacted about the issue anyway. -- Pekka Savola "Tell me of difficulties surmounted, Netcore Oy not those you stumble over and fall" Systems. Networks. Security. -- Robert Jordan: A Crown of Swords