Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 07:23:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Tim Gerchmez <fewtch@serv.net> To: Daniel Guetzkow <guetzkow@access.digex.net> Cc: "freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: No more on the topic of personal Emails, I promise... Message-ID: <XFMail.980629072316.fewtch@serv.net> In-Reply-To: <01BDA2CB.98401800.guetzkow@access.digex.net>
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Strangely enough, although they use authorization codes and such when
subscribing, it's just the opposite when unsubscribing. Anyone can
unsubscribe anybody else. Take a look at this portion of the letter I
received from majordomo@freebsd.org after resubscribing:
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Welcome to the freebsd-newbies mailing list!
Please save this message for future reference. Thank you.
If you ever want to remove yourself from this mailing list,
you can send mail to <Majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG> with the following
command in the body of your email message:
unsubscribe freebsd-newbies
or from another account, besides fewtch@serv.net:
unsubscribe freebsd-newbies fewtch@serv.net
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BTW, thanks for understanding why I would be upset. If someone
unsubscribed YOU from the list without your knowledge or consent I think
you would be too, and that goes for anyone else on the list as well.
On 28-Jun-98 Daniel Guetzkow wrote:
> I thought Tim made a valid observation about how majordomo seems to be
> misbehaving. I thought that the need for an authorization code was to
> send to the list-subscriber a message saying that someone was kicking him
> off, and if that was really his intention, he should return the coded
> email.
>
> Kinda like getting a letter from the bank saying, by the way, someone has
> said that you have moved to the Cayman Islands, and if that isn't right,
> please call us. Except the bank should require the final OK, as majordomo
> should.
>
> At least it follows that kind of procedure when it sets things up-- does
> it not do that to depart? Sounds like Tim's uncovered a flaw......no
> wonder he's upset....
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