> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frystyk
> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 8:01 PM
> To: fork@xent.com
> Subject: Fw: The IETF+Censored list
>
>
> I love Harald's subtle sense of diplomacy!
>
> Henrik Frystyk Nielsen,
> mailto:frystyk@microsoft.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Harald Tveit Alvestrand <hta@dokka.maxware.no>
> To: <ietf@ietf.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 16:15
> Subject: FAQ: The IETF+Censored list
>
>
> >
> > The IETF+Censored mailing list
> >
> > At times, the IETF list is subject to debates that have little to
> do
> > with the purposes for which the IETF list was created.
> Some people
> > would appreciate a "quieter" forum for the relevant debates that
> take
> > place, but the IETF's policy of openness has so far prevented the
> IETF
> > from imposing any censorship policy on the IETF@ietf.org list.
> >
> > To give people an alternative, there is a list called
> > "ietf+censored@alvestrand.no".
> >
> > This list is a sublist (that is, it gets the same
> messages as) the
> > open IETF discussion list. However, this list will not
> forward all
> > messages; in particular, the filters have been set so
> that persons
> and
> > discussions that are, in the view of Harald Alvestrand,
> irrelevant
> to
> > the IETF list are not forwarded.
> >
> > Because this filter is automated, the criteria include:
> > * Well known troublemakers
> > * Well known crosspostings
> > * Subjects that have led to recent non-conclusive exchanges
> > * Some ways to say "unsubscribe"
> >
> > To join the list, [1]send the word "subscribe" in the BODY of a
> > message to ietf+censored-request@alvestrand.no (the URL
> here is an
> RFC
> > 2368 mailto URL that does the Right Thing).
> >
> > For fun, there is a special list for the rejected messages:
> > ietf+censored-rejects@alvestrand.no - subscribe in the same
> fashion,
> > by [2]mail to ietf+censored-rejects-request@alvestrand.no
> >
> > By public request, the current set of filters are listed at
> > [3]http://www.alvestrand.no/cgi-bin/hta/ietf+censored-filters
> >
> > Some statistics on postings, which may be useful in getting a
> > perspective on the effects of the filter, are at
> > [4]posting-counts.html (started Oct 14, 1998).
> >
> > This page is http://www.alvestrand.no/ietf+censored.html, and is
> > posted monthly in text form to ietf@ietf.org
> >
> _________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Harald Tveit Alvestrand [5]< Harald@Alvestrand.no>
> >
> > References
> >
> > 1. mailto:ietf+censored-request@alvestrand.no?body=subscribe
> > 2.
> mailto:ietf+censored-rejects-request@alvestrand.no?body=subscribe
> > 3. http://www.alvestrand.no/cgi-bin/hta/ietf+censored-filters
> > 4. http://www.alvestrand.no/posting-counts.html
> > 5. mailto:harald@alvestrand.no
> >
>