Hi John,

I fully agree with all of your three individual points.

Nadim Kobeissi
Symbolic Software • https://symbolic.software

> On 22 May 2026, at 10:49 AM, John Mattsson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I think a warning should almost always be the first action, and I think a 
> warning was appropriate in this case. I think the IETF should be very 
> restrictive with bans, and moderation is only appropriate after continued 
> misbehavior.
> 
> In most legal systems, a key distinction is whether a person acted with 
> intent (planning/premeditation) or in a state of affect (an emotional, 
> impulsive reaction). I think IETF mail moderation should use the same 
> principle.
> 
> Finally, I support the decision not to remove the emails. Transparency is 
> essential, maintaining a full public record allows the community to judge the 
> conduct of all parties for themselves.
> 
> Cheers,
> John Preuß Mattsson
> 
> From: Nadim Kobeissi <[email protected]>
> Date: Friday, 22 May 2026 at 09:43
> To: Deb Cooley <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>; The IESG 
> <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; TLS List 
> <[email protected]>; stndrds-inacio stndrds-inacio <[email protected]>
> Subject: [TLS] Re: Warning and removal of message
> 
> If that message only gets a warning, I can scarcely imagine what kind of 
> thing one must send to the TLS mailing list to actually receive a ban.
> 
> Except, of course, people have had their posts moderated for 30 days for much 
> less.
> 
> Nadim Kobeissi
> Symbolic Software • https://symbolic.software
> 
> On 19 May 2026, at 4:37 PM, Deb Cooley <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> This is an official warning to Soatok Dreamseeker per RFC 3934 Section 2 [0], 
> regarding the message sent in reply to 
> https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tls/YuPYdAeSRJkSkfPZsVxGtbLwAb4/ (also 
> sent to the last-call list).  The content of this message is disruptive to 
> both the TLS working group progress and IETF Last Call progress.
> 
> In addition to this warning, the message will be hidden from the mail archive 
> for TLS and last-call.
> 
> Deb Cooley 
> Security AD
> 
> [0] https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3934.html#section-2
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