[dns-operations] Not a bot

Brett Watson brett at the-watsons.org
Thu Mar 19 23:45:30 UTC 2009


On Mar 19, 2009, at 3:52 PM, Noel Butler wrote:

> Duane,
>
> On Fri, 2009-03-20 at 07:45, Duane Wessels wrote:
>
>> Thanks Etienne (and Chris).
>>
>> When the dns-operations list was created I think the intended policy
>> was to have everyone introduce themselves, etc.  These days the
>> list has grown quite large and I have been lax in encouraging or
>> enforncing the policy.  If the list participants would like it to
>> be enforced I'll make an effort to do that.
>
> I think it would be a mistake to enforce it,

Speaking *only* as the guy who configured the list originally, the  
only intent to was to help cut down on spam-bots subscribing. The  
method to do so was to get a human response by having you describe who/ 
what you are. A poor man's Turing Test :)

-b



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