Errors-to: owner-drums@CS.UTK.EDU
Message-Id: <199509142213.SAA21457@wilma.cs.utk.edu>
From: Keith Moore <moore@CS.UTK.EDU>
To: Eric Thomas <ERIC@SEARN.SUNET.SE>
cc: Keith Moore <moore@CS.UTK.EDU>, Jacob Palme <jpalme@dsv.su.se>,
        ietf-drums <drums@CS.UTK.EDU>
Subject: Re: Another header-munging example 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 14 Sep 1995 21:00:44 +0200."
             <199509141911.PAA19688@CS.UTK.EDU> 
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 18:13:17 -0400
Sender: moore@CS.UTK.EDU

> >By  "we" I  was  referring to  this working  group.  "We" are  technical
> >experts  who know  what  we're doing.  If  "we" can  agree  on a  common
> >solution  and  reflect  that  in our  implementations,  many  (not  all)
> >"technically ignorant" users will go along with it.
> 
> We've  been through  this discussion  before. "We"  do not  agree because
> there are  people with diverging opinions  in this group. I  for one will
> never agree  to a  solution that creates  trouble for  *today's* computer
> illiterate users.  I will consider  solutions that have  a non-disruptive
> migration  path, but  these invariably  require new  headers. 

Perhaps we could nail down the existing headers now with the understanding
that people will work on solving the mailing list problem later, and that
that solution will probably involve adding new headers.  We need to nail 
down the existing headers for the purpose of this group, but fixing mailing 
lists is outside of our charter.

Keith
(from the chair)