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On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Kim Hubbard wrote: > We thought it best not to include specific exceptions because although we > were aware of several possible exceptions, we didn't want people to feel > restricted to just those listed. There could've been some we didn't know > about and we wanted to wait until we heard from some of the requesting OTOH, the new policy could have said something like: Examples of exceptions to this new rule are (but are not limited to): A) websites using SSL (https://) B) virtual host anonymous FTP sites C) ... etc. Instead, we're all left guessing. Nobody has a clue what might constitute a valid exception. We waste lots of time whining and arguing about the new policy and create a huge message thread. The thread begins to wander and spawns sub-threads arguing about the validity of various protocols, file naming conventions, etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jon Lewis *[email protected]*| I route System Administrator | therefore you are Atlantic Net | _________ http://www.lewis.org/~jlewis/pgp for PGP public key_________
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