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Subject: Re: too bad resend isn't stand-alone anymore
From: Richard Pieri <ratinox @ unilab . dfci . harvard . edu>
Date: 18 Sep 1996 21:40:28 -0400
To: Majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: Travis Hassloch x231's message of Wed, 18 Sep 1996 15:15:40 -0500
References: <199609182015.PAA02336@tahiti.evtech.com>

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>>>>> "THx" == Travis Hassloch x231 <travis@EvTech.com> writes:

THx> If you're talking about internal users, well they could just look
THx> at /etc/aliases and find the "-outgoing" list or moral equivalent,
THx> so it's not real security.  External users can't EXPN or VRFY.

List passwords are used for a lot more than just approvals.  Try "proxy"
subscriptions and unsubscriptions for a start.  All it takes is one
malicious luser subscribing a list to itself to bring a mail server to
it's knees.

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