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Re: Removal of my name
From: "Derek J. Balling" <deballing () vassar edu>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:59:47 -0400
An e-mail message *can* in fact, be HTML, as HTML is a text payload like any other.
It's not his (or the world's) fault your MUA is locked into 1982 mode and won't process the tags that are included in it.
Cheers, D On Sep 20, 2006, at 2:20 PM, Randy Bush wrote:
you sent html as opposed to an email message. as i do not use a web browser to read mail, i can not read your message. if you want me to read youremail, send email. randyDate: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:02:52 -0400 From: "Don Welch, Merit Network" <Don.Welch () merit edu> To: nanog () nanog org, 'Betty Burke' <bburke () merit edu>, 'Mary Eileen McLaughlin' <mmclaughlin () merit edu> Subject: Re: Removal of my name <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head><meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content- Type"></head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> NANOG Community,<br> The issue of altering the NANOG Archive has come up and I wish to present Merit's position on the matter. <br> <br> The NANOG Acceptable Use Policy as it currently stands includes the following:<br> <br> 1. Discussion will focus on Internet operational and technical issuesas described in the <a href="http://www.nanog.org/ charter.html">charter</a>of NANOG. <br>2. Postings of issues inconsistent with the charter are prohibited.<br>:<br> 4. Postings that include foul language, character assassination, and lack of respect for other participants are prohibited.<br> :<br> <br> The part of the post in dispute is not operational or technical and clearly shows a lack ofrespect for a participant. The subject of the post and not the poster requested that we remove his name from the post in the Archive. Merit has decided to replace the subject's name with "NAME REMOVED". Sincethis post was not allowed, we believe that we are correcting our mistake in a way that wethink has the least impact on the integrity of the archive. We are notremoving the postitself. The poster's name and the rest of the text are intact. The topic of the post is still clear even though the individual targeted isnot. Operational or technical content was not modified.<br> <br> We have considered a number of things in making this decisionincluding: the age of the post, the reason for the request and Merit'slegal exposure. We let the Steering Committee know what we weredoing. If you disagree, do not blame the Steering Committee althoughwe consulted with the Steering Committee, it was my decision.<br> <br>This issue has been helpful in that it pointed out some shortcomings in our policies and notification mechanism. We are working with theSteering Committee to address those now. <br> <br> We are not removing a thoughtless post at the request of the poster and do not anticipate doing so in the future. <br> <br>This issue is unique and does not represent a blanket policy. Anyrequest to modify the archive is a serious issue that requires consultation with the Steering Committee and must be balanced against the loss of archive integrity.<br> <br> See you at NANOG 38!<br> <br> Cheers,<br> Don <div class="moz-signature">-- <br> <title>Standard Signature</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2912" name="GENERATOR"><div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="1">Donald J. Welch, Ph.D.</font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="1">President & CEO</ font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="1">Merit Network, Inc.</ font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="http://www.merit.edu">www.merit.edu</a></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="1">734-764-8450</font></ div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="1">1000 Oakbrook Drive</ font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="1">Ann Arbor, MI 48104</ font></div></div> </body> </html>
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- Re: Removal of my name Joseph S D Yao (Sep 22)
- Re: Removal of my name Bill Woodcock (Sep 20)
- Re: Removal of my name Joseph S D Yao (Sep 20)
- Re: Removal of my name bmanning (Sep 20)
- Re: Removal of my name Randy Bush (Sep 20)
- Re: Removal of my name Derek J. Balling (Sep 20)
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- Re: Removal of my brain Randy Bush (Sep 20)
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- Re: Removal of my brain Joseph S D Yao (Sep 20)