There just need to be a little paragraph in the RFC about the IETF web site and where to find the workgroup that created this RFC, something like: This RFC was produced by a Working Group of the IETF (www.ietf.org). The IETF maintains a list of all active Working Group. If you have questions or comments please consult the IETF web site on how to contact the appropriate workgroup. > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Touch [mailto:touch@ISI.EDU] > Sent: Friday, 14 March 2003 6:00 > To: Dave Crocker > Cc: John Stracke; ietf@ietf.org > Subject: Re: followup discussion > > > > > Dave Crocker wrote: > > Folks, > > > > For some reason, we continue to make followup discussion a matter of > > accident, rather than facilitation. > > > > In line with Don's suggesttion: > > > > We ought to make sure that all I-Ds and RFCs contain contact > > information, not just for the authors, but also for the > group context, > > such as the mailing list. > > FWIW, this seems somewhat ephemeral. Many mailing lists don't > last very > long; some change (PPVPN has moved quite a bit), while others > disappear > after the WG ends, which is often just when the more > significant final > RFCs are issued. > > There are many means by which we can find the WG associated > with an RFC, > such as the IETF WG pages themselves. > > Joe > >