[ntpwg] [Fwd: Proposal to move all IETF Mail Lists to ietf.org]

[Stewart Bryant]

My view is that all formal IETF discussion should happen on an ietf.org 
for the reasons that Russ lists below.

Stewart




Brian Haberman wrote:
> Any comments on this since the NTP list is hosted outside of the 
> ietf.org domain?
>
> Regards,
> Brian
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Proposal to move all IETF Mail Lists to ietf.org
> Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:10:22 -0400
> From: Russ Housley <housley at vigilsec.com>
> To: wgchairs at ietf.org
>
> Dear WG Chairs:
>
> The transition from NSS to AMS for IETF Secretariat services has shed
> light on many topics.  The light is not a result of things being done
> improperly by one vendor or the other.  Rather, it is due to the
> increased attention associated with the transition.  One of the
> things that concerns me as IETF Chair is archives of IETF mail
> lists.  The transition has clearly highlighted that we do not archive
> non-ietf.org mail lists as consistently as ietf.org mail lists.
>
> The archive for non-ietf.org mail lists happens my enrolling a mail
> list member to collect the messages for archival on the IETF web
> site.  All kinds of things go wrong, and these members get dropped
> from the mail list.  Also, the archive recipient sometimes get direct spam.
>
> To avoid these issues and to ensure that all IETF mail lists are
> administered with a consistent policy, the IESG is considering moving
> all IETF mail lists to ietf.org.
>
> Please let us know what you think about this idea.
>
> On behalf of the IESG,
> Russ Housley
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