> As Dave Crocker wisely advised, there are situations in which it is best to ignore the correspondent. Of course, ignoring the correspondent, rather than the correspondence, would be an ad-hominem response. Which would be unacceptable. No? Lloyd Wood http://about.me/lloydwood ________________________________________ From: ietf [ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John E Drake [jdrake@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 26 February 2014 01:46 To: Abdussalam Baryun; John C Klensin Cc: ietf@xxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Ad hominems AB, As Dave Crocker wisely advised, there are situations in which it is best to ignore the correspondent. Yours Irrespectively, John