[12] in pc-kerberos
Re: policy issue
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Blossom)
Thu May 5 14:15:54 1994
Date: Thu, 5 May 1994 11:12:45 -0700
To: pc-kerberos@MIT.EDU
From: EricBlossom@epri.com (Eric Blossom)
>Hi,
>
>There hasn't been much traffic on this list except for a message or two
>from me. However, there has been a lot of traffic to my inbox. From now on
>I will assume that any communication to me about the DOS/Windows Kerberos
>sources on athena-dist is fair game for posting to this list unless the
>message is marked otherwise.
>
>Why does everyone send directly to me about proposed changes? Are
>commercial vendors afraid that the competition might see that they are
>interested in these sources? Do we need to make the postings to this list
>anonymous? I just don't understand.
>
>If messages concern information about possible Kerberized applications I
>will not forward the messages addressed directly to me to this list without
>permission.
>
>Paul
It may not be so sinister as fearful vendors. Messages from many lists come
with the reply-to: header filled in with the list name. Most folks (myself
included) lazily just hit the reply button and off it goes to you. Can you
modify the list to put it's name in the reply-to: header?
Of course, this can be controversial as it tends to err on the other side.
Messages that probably ought not go to the list do. Still, as you say,
there is not much traffic yet and this is probably the side to err on.
Eric Blossom 415 855-2270 EricBlossom@.epri.com
Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA
