On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 10:20:50AM -0800, Dave Crocker wrote:
> On the other hand, I-Ds and IETF mailing lists have large volume and
> not much filtering prior to issuance. This means that it is likely to
> be fair and productive to push the direct costs onto the individual
> contributors.
How many of these mailing lists are even hosted on on ietf-run
systems? Many of these mailing lists are hosted by third party
volunteers (Unless say, sun is getting some kickback from the ietf
for running playground, for example).
Dave, not sure what a good funding model for an open participation
system like this is either.
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