The Terrible Secret of MAAWG (was Re: Internet Email Services Association ( wasRE: Why do so few mail providers support Port 587?))

["J.D. Falk" <jdfalk () cybernothing org>]

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!

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J.D. Falk                                          uncertainty is only a virtue
<jdfalk () cybernothing org>                    when you don't know the answer yet