At 12:08 28/02/2008, Roberto Gaetano wrote:

So the first step is for the ALAC to decide what is the purpose of this
mailing list, and then simply adopt the set of rules that will allow the
purpose to be achieved

I think the best solution is the one you had made adopted for the GA which is the possibility to sunscribe to two different deliveries. One with everything, one being filtered.

I hate the idea of censorship as undemocratic and professionnally inadequate [information is everything but consensus], but I fully support intelligent [along each reader's criteria] filtering. The delete key or the individual filter is certainly the best solution (I documented how I manage for years not to lose what is important from Jeff Williams), but community filtering is a good solution too.

It is, however, not much in tune with the no-presentation layer Internet culture. RFC 4902 and 4493 may give some indications to help designing such a virtual-presentation layer kind of service.

This kind of very common need is unfortunately something the IETF has not considered. Frank, could it not be time to pass the need over there ? Or should we identify the proper AD (Chris Newman or Lisa Dusseault?) and include a request to them into the ALAC options?
Thank you.
jfc