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Subject: Re: Majordomo Obsolete?
From: Rich Pieri <rich . pieri @ prescienttech . com>
Date: 08 Dec 1997 15:18:52 -0500
To: majordomo-users @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: Teresa Downey's message of "Mon, 08 Dec 1997 11:36:17 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)"
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>>>>> "TD" == Teresa Downey <Teresa.Downey@SLAC.Stanford.EDU> writes:

TD> This seems pretty weak security.

It was never intended to be "secure".

[...]

TD> I cannot turn off EXPN here since that would cause us to lose 
TD> potential forgery alerts for ALL email.

A bogus argument.  EXPN and VRFY are not used exclusively by spammers.  In
fact, I have used it on a number of occasions to find the identity of a
spammer.

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-- 
Rich Pieri <rich.pieri@prescienttech.com> / Caution: Happy Fun Ball may
Sysmonster, Unix Wrangler                / suddenly accelerate to dangerous
Prescient Technologies, Inc.            / speeds.
I speak for myself, not PTI or SWEC    / 



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