Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 14:56:07 -0700 From: Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> To: Mark Filipak <filipak@mrincubator.org> Cc: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>, burningclown@westhost43.westhost.net, Matt Snow <drama@slakin.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Please confirm your request to join Gel_Candle_News Message-ID: <20020627145607.A40632@wopr.caltech.edu> In-Reply-To: <3D1B8774.B8A3E0E8@mrincubator.org>; from filipak@mrincubator.org on Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 05:45:24PM -0400 References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0206271322310.30151-100000@westhost43.westhost.net> <3D1B597A.1000404@owt.com> <3D1B5B43.6EBF3303@mrincubator.org> <3D1B5DFA.7090606@owt.com> <3D1B8774.B8A3E0E8@mrincubator.org>
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On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 05:45:24PM -0400, Mark Filipak wrote: > They don't send the required response, Kent. Only an email from > freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG can confirm the request to join. This > person could spoof that, but maybe doesn't know how. The messages asking for confirmation indicate that you can go to a URL, rather than send an email. So the evil-doer just has to be subscribed to the list in order to see the confirmation URL. -- Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> * Stay close to the Vorlon. http://www.pobox.com/~mph/ * To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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