On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, JC Dill wrote: > I just had the following discussion with someone who discovered > his list was added to gmane without his permission. The > following quote segment several emails into our discussion has > text from me, him, and my reply:
[...] >>>> Would you support an RFC that addresses mirroring of mailing >>>> lists and specifies a listname-mirrors.txt file that can be >>>> obtained from the list server and which tells the >>>> mirror-to-be what the mirroring policy is for the list in >>>> question? >>> Would I support it? Yes. Will I write it? No. >> I wasn't asking you to write it. I just think it would be an >> acceptable solution, and wanted your input. I'll toss it back >> to the listmanagers list and see what they say. :-) > So, my question to list-managers: Do you support the suggestion > that list managers/owners have some responsibility (ala > robots.txt) for telling those who wish to mirror or archive the > list what the list rules are? > If so, do you support the idea of this file being made available 1, 2, or > all 3 of the following ways: > > A) As a separate file that can be requested from the list server > (like an info file) via email; > B) A file to be found on the list server's website (like robots.txt) > if there is a website; and > C) Included in the welcome message. I support it in all 3 ways at the same time (redundancy is often a good thing, and certainly in this case). I don't volunteer to write the RFC, but I volunteer to proofread and comment on it. Or, how about using this list as a forum to produce and refine it. One thing that should be discussed (on this list and perhaps in the RFC), is the default setting in the listservers. Since 95 % of today's list owners never deviate from default settings, the default settings will have a profound effect on how this will work. Thomas Gramstad [EMAIL PROTECTED]
