Re: A possible suggestion (wrt "Take me off the list")

• To: dclunie@flash.us.com (David Clunie)
• Subject: Re: A possible suggestion (wrt "Take me off the list")
• From: batie@aahz.jf.intel.com (Alan Batie)
• Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 09:55:16 -0800 (PST)
• Cc: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
• In-Reply-To: <9601061332.AA12592@britt.us.com> from "David Clunie" at Jan 6, 96 08:32:43 am

> While such automated mechanisms have their problems when email
> addresses get differently munged over time, it seems hard to believe
> that this is as common an excuse as would be needed to explain the
> recent rash of "take me off" messages.

Perhaps the problem *is* a security issue (although not specifically www):
I run a couple of small local mailing lists at home, and I've gotten a
couple of subscription requests that were forged.  One was sent to a large
number of lists and the other had suspicious headers.  This is only
speculation however.

-- 
Alan Batie                     ------        X.400: same day delivery
batie@aahz.jf.intel.com        \    /        ...in a nanosecond world.
+1 503-264-8844 (voice)         \  /         --Marshall Rose
                                 \/

• Re: A possible suggestion (wrt "Take me off the list")
• From: dclunie@flash.us.com (David Clunie)

• Previous: Re: A possible suggestion (wrt "Take me off the list")
• Next: POST vs. GET
• Index(es):
  • Index
  • Thread