-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >>>>> "Christian" == Christian Huitema <huitema@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Christian> All IETF mailing list seem to now require this &%!$# Christian> confirmation procedure. This particular message was Christian> rather ironic; I was sending a request to Christian> "postmaster@xxxxxxxx"! Who decided to implement this Christian> filtering, and why did they do such a poor job of it? I think it's an attempt to deal with spam from "non-subscribers" What I would prefer is that the list of acceptable posters to all IETF lists was formed by: cat * >all-posts i.e. if you are subscribed to any IETF list, you can post to any list. (And I'd also be quite happy if this was enabled only for OpenPGP or S/MIME signed emails, and yes, I do mean that IETF should run a CA) - -- ] He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life! | firewalls [ ] Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works, Ottawa, ON |net architect[ ] mcr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca/ |device driver[ Kyoto Plus: watch the video <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzx1ycLXQSE> then sign the petition. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Finger me for keys iQEVAwUBSzZjOICLcPvd0N1lAQI3RAgAuZtXbOAdxgf4f6Dzh7a78rojarAt3hGF E8rLwjygaohU2rO9jzpTAAZ3PynYQWr+K+FbuaBp40KJPRU7RoVvcev+7XokwAyA U6XN1ZFfNSCdr36/BqtL0vmykwnXku2RT4MNzhhxRylxYd9jlHQMxtQ0ZJK5NHD2 h5n11kD5SEd8OE47HJDQeP+iVlvCDgFuU5wzFTPLKJgluQnOzggbcx8e/L3ZXf+r jYAbGhOfgioYrpKSumIjoh/CHhSEEOaRqlzsSPWlU7oTrw4SqbUhGGwS53RCd7Z2 mf72IlE4AeuTRFpzn1Wrjpuu6J7dbTHp5atepLXVIUggqo5fD5Av5A== =vu9p -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf