>This message concerns me. The postmaster at Baylor University removed
>three members of FEN without prior notification and obviously used
>our password. I wrote a strongly worded letter to them saying that
>I did not apprecpiate this. They have s been readded. I do not
>understand why a postmaster would take such liberties. I never did
>receive a reply from the postmaster.
 
>In addition, no error messages were being generated by these
>members. What should a listowner do in such cases? and is this
>common?   Thanks in advance
 
Wayne:
 
Assuming that e-mail has NOT been spoofed, this is perfectly acceptable
and useful.  I, as a postmaster ("Network ADministrator") for users
in my domain, have the right and responsibility to do so.
 
NADs can assign themselves passwords on LISTSERVs at other sites
and then do a
 
       QUIET DEL * userid PW=pswd
 
to remove all subscriptions to a now-obsolete or inappropriate
userid e.g., a list that is sub=by_owner could have been ADDed
incorrectly by the owner.  Why should the postmaster have to
go through a dialogue with its implicit network delay to rectify
a problem that he/she has to deal with?  That of course is rhetorical.
 
There are other reasons for NADs to do "things" to their users'
subscriptions, and that could be the subject: of a separate thread.
 
Though this caught you by surprise, I don't think it should necessarily
bother you unless there are other unstated circumstances.
 
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