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Date:      17 Jul 1998 10:35:41 +0200
From:      smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com (Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav)
To:        Andreas Klemm <aklemm@hightek.com>
Cc:        Majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Confirmation for subscribe freebsd-hackers
Message-ID:  <rx4iukw98o2.fsf@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com>
In-Reply-To: Andreas Klemm's message of Thu, 16 Jul 1998 15:56:38 %2B0200
References:  <199807160834.BAA09012@hub.freebsd.org> <19980716155638.50690@hightek.com>

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Andreas Klemm <aklemm@hightek.com> writes:
> On Thu, Jul 16, 1998 at 01:34:07AM -0700, Majordomo@freebsd.org wrote:
> > [...]
> > If you really want this action to be taken, please send the following
> > commands (exactly as shown) back to "Majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG":
> > 
> > 	auth e659031c subscribe freebsd-hackers freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
> > [...]
> 
> Obfuscated majordomo subscriber contest 1998 ?

No, it's simply what happens if someone believes they can list several
list names in a single subscribe command, e.g.:

subscribe freebsd-hackers freebsd-chat

Majordomo understands this as "Please subscribe freebsd-chat to
freebsd-hackers" and sends an authentication request to freebsd-chat.
In Ye Good Olde Days, before X-Loop and authentication, it would just
obey with no questions asked, and everything on -hackers would be
echoed to -chat. The really fun thing to do is to subscribe a list to
itself, and watch the mail server climb the wall. Doesn't work anymore
though, because Majordomo will reject mail with "X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG"
in the headers. Kinda takes the spice out of life, doesn't it?

DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com

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