On 09:43 AM 10/30/97 -0600, the following was written by Gillam Kerley:
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>BTW, and forgive my ignorance, given that confirmation commands follow
>pretty standard formats (and can be obtained by anyone just be
>requesting to be subscribed), couldn't the creep who is subscribing a
>victim to unwanted lists just send confirm commands to the list-managers
>in the victim's name 24 hours after requesting the subscriptions?
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Coming out of lurk mode to jump on the thread...
Almost every confirmation I have seen has included a unique key code, or
serial number that must be included somewhere in the message. The mail
bomber wouldn't have pre-existing knowledge of what the key code will be,
and never will unless he is on the receiving end of the confirmation
message, in which case he would be subscribing himself. That's why the
bomber can not fully complete the subscription process. His lack of that
special key prevents the confirmation from going through. Personally I
like that.
As for the expiration date of the confirmation notices being too short, I
think 24 hours is enough. I've been on the net for three years now and
have subbed and unsubbed to a ton of different lists. I've rarely had a
confirmation message come to me later than ten minutes after I send the sub
command to the server. (In fact, I recall thinking that the half hour I
waited to get notice back from Great Circle was an unbareable length of
time. Why is Great Circle so slow???) In my opinion, if a person has the
desire to send the subscription command, he should have the patience to
stick around long enough to get the reply back and confirm it. If they
can't do that, then I don't think they even should consider being on a
list. Just my opinion, remember?
I'll return to lurkmode now.
Paul
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