[78264] in North American Network Operators' Group
The Terrible Secret of MAAWG (was Re: Internet Email Services Association ( wasRE: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587?))
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (J.D. Falk)
Fri Feb 25 19:48:20 2005
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 16:47:31 -0800
From: "J.D. Falk" <jdfalk@cybernothing.org>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <OFEFC00425.EE508F9D-ON80256FB3.0077F2FE-80256FB3.0079E60D@radianz.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On 02/25/05, Michael.Dillon@radianz.com wrote:
> > You might want to check out http://www.maawg.org - at least stateside,
>
> I'm uncomfortable with two aspects of this group.
> First is it's anti-abuse stance. I would prefer to
> see a group that was focussed on services, i.e.
> providing the best email service possible to end-users.
Services are the competitive differentiator between the various
companies which do e-mail, so that's not likely to happen.
> The second thing is the secrecy surrounding this
> group.
You (or anyone else) can attend the meeting in San Diego. The
price online for non-members was $100, but online registration
is closed and I don't know what it'll cost on-site. Here's the
agenda, complete with topics and names of presenters and who
they each work for:
http://www.maawg.org/news/news/0503_GeneralMeeting
The secret has been revealed! Viva la revolucion!
--
J.D. Falk uncertainty is only a virtue
<jdfalk@cybernothing.org> when you don't know the answer yet
