On 25/07/2013 11:27, Scott Brim wrote: > Brian: yes but non-registered thus non-ifentifiable subscribers, spammers > etc don't. We're talking about a list with a useful lifetime of perhaps 3 weeks. I really don't think spam is a big issue. Trolls might be, but they would be *our* trolls ;-) Anyway - as John Klensin said, we should come up with a reasonably complete and welcoming set of info and facilities for the remotes. That may well include pro forma registration. Brian > On Jul 24, 2013 3:56 PM, "Brian E Carpenter" <brian.e.carpenter@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> On 25/07/2013 05:01, Scott Brim wrote: >>> The point of having a separate list for participants was to avoid >>> spamming the ietf list. >>> >>> It can be open to everyone to subscribe to, since anyone can see the >>> archives, HOWEVER I recommend that only registered participants be >>> allowed to post. >> Ahem. Either remote participants are allowed to post, or they need >> a list of their own. I would envisage a fair amount of chatter about >> specific remote-participation issues, like "this new codec isn't >> working for me, is it OK for anyone else using <browser version> on >> <operating system version>?" >> >> Brian >> >