Re: PAB Consensus Call: Email archives

Perry E. Metzger (perry@piermont.com)
Fri, 09 Jan 1998 11:52:23 -0500


Dave Crocker writes:
> The contents of the PAB mailing list are already public, since members
> consistently forward the notes. There is no way to prevent this and it
> would be counterproductive to try. Better, instead, to acknowledge reality
> and provide easy access for all.
>
> In point of fact, there is nothing that happens on this list that NEEDS to
> be private.

I've reluctantly changed my mind and concluded that the only way for
random individuals to be able to show themselves that this is an
uninteresting group and not a massive conspiracy is to be able to look
for themselves.

Perry