How timely... On Sun, Jun 01, 2003 at 03:03:01AM +0200, Super-User wrote: > > The IETF_Censored mailing list > > At times, the IETF list is subject to debates that have little to do > with the purposes for which the IETF list was created. Some people > would appreciate a "quieter" forum for the relevant debates that take > place, but the IETF's policy of openness has so far prevented the IETF > from imposing any censorship policy on the IETF@ietf.org list. > > To give people an alternative, there is a list called > "ietf_censored@carmen.ipv6.cselt.it". > > This list is a sublist (that is, it gets the same messages as) the > open IETF discussion list. However, this list will not forward all > messages; in particular, the filters have been set so that persons and > discussions that are, in the view of Raffaele D'Albenzio, irrelevant > to the IETF list are not forwarded. > > Because this filter is automated, the criteria include: > * Well known troublemakers > * Well known crosspostings > * Subjects that have led to recent non-conclusive exchanges > * Some ways to say "unsubscribe" > * Some "out-of-office-reply" messages > > To join the list, send the word "subscribe" in the BODY of a message > to ietf_censored-request@carmen.ipv6.cselt.it (the URL here is an RFC > 2368 mailto URL that does the Right Thing). > > To unsubscribe, send the word "unsubscribe" in the BODY of a message > to ietf_censored-request@carmen.ipv6.cselt.it. Do not send to the list > - your message will be filtered! > (members of the main IETF list itself must follow instructions for > that list, of course. You are only a member of ietf_censored if there > is a comment on the bottom of your IETF list mail saying that the > message has been sent through the ietf_censored list.) > > For fun, there is a special list for the rejected messages: > ietf_censored-rejects@carmen.ipv6.cselt.it - subscribe in the same > fashion, by mail to ietf_censored-rejects-request@carmen.ipv6.cselt.it > > By public request, the current set of filters are listed at > http://vesuvio.ipv6.tilab.com/cgi-bin/ietf_censored-filters > > This page is http://carmen.ipv6.cselt.it/ietf_censored.html, and is > posted monthly in text form to ietf@ietf.org > _________________________________________________________________ > > Raffaele D'Albenzio < root@carmen.ipv6.cselt.it>