On Mon, 27 Nov 1995, Sean Kamath wrote:
>
> [In a message on Sun, 26 Nov 1995 14:46:09 PST,
> "George Herbert" wrote:]
> >
> >This off the net (news.admin.net-abuse.misc); sounds like a feature which
> >would be very very useful to add to Majordomo.
> >....
> >4. The sender receives this letter, and confirms the request by mailing
> >the new email with the token random number back to the listserver. The
> >listserver looks for the token random number in the message body, and if
> >present, processes the request(s), then wipes the request entry from the
> >request file.
> >
> >
> >This strikes me as a sensible, simple solution that is fairly robust and
> >difficult to defeat. I wonder why this system has not been implemented
> >on listservers, since mailbombing is a routine occurance which consumes
> >a lot of time, both of the victim's and of the system admin.
>
> So what your suggesting is, for every list I wish to subscribe to, I
> have to ask twice.
>
> If only there were a better key distribution system in place for PGP
> keys. Then I could attach a digital signature to my request, and be
> done with it. Perhaps it's not such a stupid idea, however, to use
> digital signature. If each majordomo host allows one to "register" a
> key (perhaps via some archane syntax, or like the above, with a
> verification mail: Imagine. I say "here is my public key", majordomo
> reponds with "sign this and mail it back". You sign it, and mail it
> back. What you send back is a verification tag, and if it passes
> signature, it assumes the first person it heard from, and the second, is
> the same.). Then all lists that host controls can use your signatures.
>
> I promise, I'll impliment it just a SOON as I possibly CAN :-)
>
> My $0.02 anyway.
I subscribe to a list that does a subscription check. When you subscribe
it returns an acknowledgement letter and asks that the subscriber to
return a confirmation email within 48 hours and no mail is sent until the
subscriber does this. If a confirmation is not received in the specified
time the subscription is cancelled and the subscriber has to resubscribe
if he/she is valid. It is either the Chechnya or OMRI list. I'm not
sure as how they does this but I believe both of these lists are in other
countries than the US.
>
> Sean
>
> Sean Kamath
> kamath@pogo.wv.tek.com
> CPID Engineering System Administration
> (503) 685-3399 voice
> (503) 685-3118 fax
> Tektronix, Inc.
> MS 61-901
> Wilsonville, OR 97070-1000
>
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>
> Corporate policy states that I must state that I take responsibility
> for my own mail and news postings that are not business related. No Duh.
>
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