There's the IRTF group at http://www.irtf.org/charters/asrg.html. Donald ====================================================================== Donald E. Eastlake 3rd dee3@torque.pothole.com 155 Beaver Street +1-508-634-2066(h) +1-508-851-8280(w) Milford, MA 01757 USA Donald.Eastlake@motorola.com On Sun, 25 May 2003, Peter Ford wrote: > Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 08:36:36 -0700 > From: Peter Ford <peterf@exchange.microsoft.com> > To: ietf@ietf.org > Subject: RE: spam > > The common person is asking/begging for help. So people should not be > surprised that governments are going to take action. As Paul Vixie > notes, this may result in overlapping legislation and regulation that > makes interoperation of the Internet more difficult. That is worse > than a "waste of time". > > Perhaps the membership of the IETF could step up, provide leadership, > and at a minimum provide informed advice to the public debate on what > will and will not "work". In the process people might discover work > that falls into the traditional province of the IETF ... > > regards, peterf