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Subject: Re: auto+confirm vs open+confrim
From: Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs @ hpc . uh . edu>
Date: 06 Nov 1997 09:56:18 -0600
To: Jeffrey Goldberg <J . Goldberg @ cranfield . ac . uk>
Cc: Majordomo Users List <majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM>
In-reply-to: Jeffrey Goldberg's message of Mon, 3 Nov 1997 10:48:43 +0000 (GMT)
References: <Pine.OSF.3.95.971103104155.20791D-100000@nassau.pegasus.cranfield.ac.uk>

>>>>> "JG" == Jeffrey Goldberg <J.Goldberg@cranfield.ac.uk> writes:

JG> I see that there is a potential for abuses with auto+confirm, but since
JG> those who want to abuse will fake from lines anyway, is there much need
JG> for open now that we have +confirm?

Actually I can't think of any serious abuses with auto+confirm.  The worst
you can do (without spoofing the codes) is send a few hundred subscribe
messages and spam some poor user with confirmation messages.

But unless you just want that additional control, there isn't much use for
open+confirm unless you are dealing with people who know how to break the
auth codes.  (It's not hard, really.)

 - J<



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