> > I also couldn't think of any defense against it. Our
> > systems programmer wrote a script to remove this user from every list
> > here, and since it edited the files, it didn't generate a unsubscribe
> > message that the program could interpret and trigger a resubscribe
> > message.
I would think that if there is something filtering email looking for
unsubscribe messages in order to continually re-subscribe a valid
email address (rather than a bogus one, which couldn't receive the
unsubscribe message), that you shouldn't have too much trouble
identifying a hacked account and/or malicious host and informing the
system administrator and/or network access provider to get the
account/host shut down. Doesn't seem to warrant code to handle this
problem, if you ask me.
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