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Fri, 18 Sep 1998 08:42:24 -0400
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From:
Steve Howie <[log in to unmask]>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LISTSERV list owners' forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Paul Wayper (DPI ISD)
> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 1998 7:14 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Possible spammer
>
>
> > Even more justification to make your public lists Review= Owner, and
> > Subscription= Open, confirm
>
> Not very surprisingly at all, a large number of these lists _are_ set
> Subscription= Open,Confirm.  This didn't stop whoever it is - they were
> sending in the correct confirmation messages as well.
>

That's right - you can still do hit and run spamming by signing up
legitimately with Open,Confirm in effect. Setting Review=Owner is a much
more effective way to prevent list email address culling.

Scotty

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