Re: [ga] Majordomo 'who' command

[DPF <david@farrar.com>]

On Thu, 13 Jan 2000 08:43:50 +0100, Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:
>At 15:23 12.01.00 -0800, Bret A. Fausett wrote:
>>I'd like to see the DNSO secretariat re-enable majordomo's 'who' command. I
>>know that making the list of participants and their e-mail addresses public
>>opens us up to spam and spoofing, but so do the web-based archives of the
>>discussion lists.
>>
>>I think the value of knowing who is participating in the General Assembly
>>outweighs any damage.
>
>Why?
>
>Personally, I'd think it a Good Thing to have the names (not emails) of GA 
>members available, but I know that 90% of the names would mean nothing to 
>me; I'd be interested in knowing what you think is the value of having the 
>info available.

I agree.  Having a web based list of the names and even perhaps the
domain part of their e-mail address would be useful and interesting.

But I do not want people to start spamming me because I have enough of
an interest in ICANN to join the GA list.

DPF
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