>> > * IETF mailing lists MUST provide a mechanism for legitimate technical >> > participants to bypass moderation, challenge-response, or other techniques >> > that would interfere with a prompt technical debate on the mailing list >> > without requiring such participants to receive list traffic. > >> Here, again, is something that is not a technical specification and >had no clear criterion ... > >The goal is simple: Whitelisting. I had the same problem with it as everyone else. If you say it's supposed to mean that list managers can whitelist people, that's fine, but in that case it desperately needs to be rewritten so it says what it means, e.g.: * IETF lists MUST provide a mechanism that allows list managers to whitelist mail from legitimate technical participants to bypass moderation and spam filters, and to allow one-way participation for people who are too important to spend time reading or dealing with responses to their mail. R's, John _______________________________________________ IETF mailing list IETF@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf