> However, I think the IETF benefits from policies whose effect is > to keep the clueless and inconsiderate off our mailing list > until they can be educated. Problem is, such a policy wouldn't be educating the clueless system or network administrator or mail service provider who implemented the broken autoresponder; it would merely be penalizing his customer. Few of us operate our own mail systems any more. One of the problems with autoresponders is that the person who uses them is the last one to know how well they work. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf