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Date:      Tue, 28 Mar 1995 10:14:46 -0700
From:      Nate Williams <nate@trout.sri.MT.net>
To:        "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@kryten.atinc.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Yellow Byte CD-Rom Request
Message-ID:  <199503281714.KAA17850@trout.sri.MT.net>
In-Reply-To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@kryten.atinc.com> "Re: Yellow Byte CD-Rom Request" (Mar 28, 11:56am)

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> 	using the 'who' command, you can get a list of everyone on each 
> mailing list.  we can make the lists private, preventing this.  then only 
> list members can use the 'who' command.

I think this is a good thing.

> 	so.....the cretin subscribes, does a who and unsubscribes in a 
> single email to majordomo, circumventing the private option on the list.

True, but I think it will stop the 'casual' folks from doing these kinds
of things.  If there is a log of this person doing such a thing, there
is more reason to come back and get him for abuse of resources than there
would be if there is no record of how the names are found.

Making them do more work to get names is a good thing IMHO, and forcing
them to leave tracks leave us more room for responding with legal
recourse if necessary.


Nate



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