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Subject: Re: dont_reply problems
From: Jeff Wasilko <jeffw @ smoe . org>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 15:55:59 -0400
To: Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs @ hpc . uh . edu>
Cc: majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <ufayb718ttq.fsf@sina.hpc.uh.edu>; from "Jason L Tibbitts III" on Sun, Jul 20, 1997 at 01:25:05PM -0500
References: <19970720135403.58682@smoe.org> <ufayb718ttq.fsf@sina.hpc.uh.edu>

On Sun, Jul 20, 1997 at 01:25:05PM -0500, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
> >>>>> "JW" == Jeff Wasilko <jeffw@smoe.org> writes:
> 
> JW> I have someone who is sending sub$cribe requests in from a
> JW> mailer-daemon account. But, their mailer is broken, and their address
> JW> isn't fully-qualified, so dont_reply isn't catching it.
> 
> What do you mean, dont_reply isn't catching it?  It's just a regular
> expression; set it to whatever is required to keep out what you don't want.
> 
> In your case, I'd probably leave off the final \@, but you should think
> hard about the implications of being too loose with the variable because
> you don't get a chance to approve the request.

Thanks...That was my concern...

BTW, it appears to be a systematic attack...I'm getting requests
for 5 different lists hosted here.

Jeff


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