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Ben Parker <[log in to unmask]>
Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:48:31 -0600
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On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:27:26 -0400, Rich Greenberg <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>} That made me wonder why needing .hh on and off for Owner= ?
>
>Well, for whatever reason, the listowners don't want it pubically known
>who they are.

List Headers are (by default) publically accessible to anybody who knows the
proper commands, unless you take various steps to conceal the information.  I
have seen log entries where malicious addresses are trying to 'harvest' all
List headers from an entire server from which to harvest emails for spam or
other nefarious purposes.  I use '.hh on' to hide not only the Owner= email
addresses but the entire List Header for all of my lists.  Why leave your list
open to possible attack?

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