Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 09:24:28 +0200 (SAST) From: Patrick Hyland <pbh@iafrica.com> To: "Ian O'Friel" <genius@glasgow.crosswinds.net> Cc: Freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I will sort out the Majordomo arguement........ Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980703091555.20722A-100000@paradox.cpt.tech.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: <000a01bda5ea$06103e20$0ae107c3@default>
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Ian, I suspect you have been sending fake mail as Tim Gerchmez. See my previous mail to free-bsdnewbies. I assume he will be understandbly upset. Faking mail through an SMTP connection is nothing new, but you are wrong to think you can get away with it, except if your mail is to be recieved by mail ignorant people who can always send the headers on to more knowledgeable people. This is a good trick to know, but know this. The use of fake mail for malicious purpose is not only unethical. Its stupid. Why is it stupid? Because its not anonymous. Hoping you'll wisen up Patrick On Thu, 2 Jul 1998, 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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