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Date:      Fri, 04 Sep 1998 08:18:06 +0000
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling Coidan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= )
Cc:        Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Better SNR suggestion for the mailing lists 
Message-ID:  <199809040818.IAA03361@word.smith.net.au>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "04 Sep 1998 10:43:29 %2B0200." <xzpbtowgte6.fsf@hrotti.ifi.uio.no> 

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> Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> writes:
> > The problem with this is the same as requiring subscriptions for
> > posting at all - a lot of us are subscribed through different accounts
> > than we post from (I, for instance, am subscribed through my
> > FreeBSD.ORG account except for the lists where I made a mistake), and
> > it is not very practical to have to post through those addresses.
> 
> So, am I the only hacker in the world to have added sender alias
> support to his mailing list package? I'm sure it would be a SMOP in
> Majordomo. Allow each subscriber to specify one or several aliases
> from which he/she wishes to post, but to which mail will not be sent.

Is this based on envelope or message headers?  If it's based on message 
headers I guess it still leaves a small window for creative abuse.

If it's based on the envelope sender, then it still leaves us rovers 
screwed.

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