Date: 04 Sep 1998 19:37:46 +0200 From: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling Coidan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= ) To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Better SNR suggestion for the mailing lists Message-ID: <xzpsoi7lqxh.fsf@hrotti.ifi.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Mike Smith's message of "Fri, 04 Sep 1998 08:18:06 %2B0000" References: <199809040818.IAA03361@word.smith.net.au>
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Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> writes: > > 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. It's based on message headers (sender if present, from if not). Considering that there are many ways to forge mail undetectably, I don't consider it a big problem that it can be easily circumvened. It stops spam, and it stops uninformed third parties. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - dag-erli@ifi.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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