At Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:57:50 -0700, Michael Thomas wrote: > > Eric Rescorla wrote: > > At Thu, 3 Apr 2008 20:10:12 -0400 (EDT), > > Scott O. Bradner wrote: > > > >> Ole guessed > >> > >>> My understanding is that the blue sheet serves mainly as a record of > >>> "who was in the room" which I think is largely used to plan room > >>> capacities for the next meeting. > >>> > >> the "blue sheets" are required as part of the basic openness > >> process in a standards organization - there is a need to know > >> "who is in the room" (see RFC 2418 section 3.1 for the actual > >> requirement) > >> > >> the blue sheets become part of the formal record of the standards > >> process and can be retrieved if needed (e.g. in a lawsuit) but are not > >> generally made available > >> > >> as pointed out by Mark Andrews - email addresses can be useful in > >> determining the actual identity of the person who scrawled their > >> name on the sheet - so it is an advantage to retain them > >> > >> I'm trying to understand how the blue sheets contribute in any > >> significant way to the spam problem - someone whould have to be > >> surreptitiously copying them or quickly writing down the email > >> addresses - both could happen but do not seem to be all that > >> likely there are far more efficient ways to grab email addresses > >> > >> so, my question is "is this a problem that needs solving"? > >> > > > > The only reason I've heard is that some claim that people don't > > write their names on the blue sheets out of concern over spam. > > > This doesn't seem very reasonable to me... if you post on any public > list -- like this one -- your likelihood for harvest is far, far higher. > Let's > face it, in 2008 trying to have "private" email addresses as a spam defense > strategy is oh so 1998. Oh, I agree. My only argument here would be that if people actually do this in significant numbers that accomodating them might be easier than educating them. -Ekr _______________________________________________ IETF mailing list IETF@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf