Subject: Protocol Action: 'A Practice for Revoking Posting Rights to IETF mailing lists' to BCP

From: The IESG <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 15:32:44 -0500

The IESG has approved the following document:

- 'A Practice for Revoking Posting Rights to IETF mailing lists '
   <draft-mrose-ietf-posting-04.txt> as a BCP

This document has been reviewed in the IETF but is not the product of an
IETF Working Group. 

The IESG contact person is Steve Bellovin.

Technical Summary
 
 For the last several years, the IESG has had occasion to bar disruptive 
individuals from assorted mailing lists, using RFC 2418 as the basis for suc
actions.  This draft codifies and formalizes the practice.  It also provides 
a basis for barring a disruptive individual from all IETF mailing lists, not 
just one at a time.
 
Working Group Summary
 
 There was consensus within the IETF community on this draft.
 
Protocol Quality
 
 Steve Bellovin has reviewed this draft for the IESG.