Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 13:30:01 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: genius@glasgow.crosswinds.net Cc: Freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I will sort out the Majordomo arguement........ Message-ID: <199807022030.NAA03041@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <000a01bda5ea$06103e20$0ae107c3@default> from Ian O'Friel at "Jul 2, 98 11:59:42 am"
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this was forwarded to me by a concerned user. before last night this was true. last night i closed this hole, because someone abused it. now, whenever you want to unsubscribe, you will have to go through the same confirmation process you used when you subscribed. jmb Ian O'Friel wrote: > It IS possible to unsubscribe another subscriber on FreeBSD and If you want > proof, just go ahead and challenge me......... > > Firstly, open up a telnet connection on ANY mail server as long as you > remember to telnet to port 25 (SMTP). > > Type 'HELO <any fake domain here>' > type 'mail FROM:<the unlucky person's e-mail> > type 'rcpt TO:<majordomo@freebsd.org> > type 'data' > type 'unsubscribe freebsd-<listname>' > type '.' (a single full stop to signal End of Data) > > There you go, you have happily unsubscribed someone from a FreeBSD > list...... Here is an example in case you are still bewildered...... > > helo my.domain.com > mail FROM:<fewtch@serv.net> > rcpt TO:<majordomo@freebsd.org> > data > unsubscribe freebsd-newbies > unsubscribe freebsd-questions > unsubscribe freebsd-stable > . > > I would now have unsubscribed Tim from the above lists. One Warning though, > learn to type without using the backspace key, so no mistakes allowed, If > you hit the Backspace key the SMTP port will probably reject the command > unless it is in the data segment, in which case it will send a strange > character and Majordomo will ignore it........ > > I have never unsubscribed anyone on the Freebsd lists but I have done it to > others on other lists, don't doubt that this works, it does, and like I > said, if you don't believe me, Challenge me......... > > Ian O'Friel > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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