Francoise Becker <[log in to unmask]> wrote on 02/08/2006 05:12:43 PM:

> On 3 Feb 2006 at 20:08, Eric Thomas wrote:
> 
> > I am looking forward to a clear and unambiguous statement from AOL 
through
> > official channels.
> 
> It doesn't look like you're going to get your wish. AOL seems to be 
> denying they ever said anything of the sort:
> 
> http://www.webpronews.
> com/topnews/topnews/wpn-60-20060208WhitelistStaysAOLsGoodmailDance.html

Why does this make it look like AOL was floating a balloon to see how 
loudly the email community would howl about their proposal, all the while 
maintaining "plausible deniability."