From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jul 17 01:36:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA05764 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 17 Jul 1998 01:36:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com (geos01.oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com [134.32.44.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA05756; Fri, 17 Jul 1998 01:36:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from smoergrd@oslo.sl.slb.com) Received: from sunw110.oslo.Geco-Prakla.slb.com (sunw110 [192.23.231.54]) by oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com (8.8.8/8.6.9) with SMTP id KAA06058 ; Fri, 17 Jul 1998 10:35:42 +0200 (MET DST) Received: by sunw110.oslo.Geco-Prakla.slb.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id KAA19776; Fri, 17 Jul 1998 10:35:41 +0200 To: Andreas Klemm Cc: Majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Confirmation for subscribe freebsd-hackers References: <199807160834.BAA09012@hub.freebsd.org> <19980716155638.50690@hightek.com> Organization: Schlumberger Geco-Prakla X-Disclaimer: I speak only for myself. From: smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com (Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav) Date: 17 Jul 1998 10:35:41 +0200 In-Reply-To: Andreas Klemm's message of Thu, 16 Jul 1998 15:56:38 +0200 Message-ID: Lines: 28 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Andreas Klemm 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 -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message