Fri, 1 Jan 1999 20:03:38 -0500
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Ben - Thanks for the warning however I have to report that the command -
SET * NOMAIL NOPOST FOR *@hotmail.com ( with prostate for *) did not work
for me as an owner of a ACOR ML . Neither did individual SET PROSTATE
NOMAIL and SET PROSTATE NOPOST for *@hotmail.com - work and I was finally
reduced to individual set nomail and set nopost messages. What did I miss
or where did I go wrong.
Finally who will give the signal that - hotmail - has solved its problems
so we may return these subscribers to access to our ML and with what
command other than individually as I found necessary to isolate them.
Best
Ed - PPML
PS - None of the co-owners has or had a HOTMAIL account.
At 04:43 PM 12/30/1998 -0700, Ben Parker wrote:
>As many of you may know, there continue to be serious email problems with all
>hotmail.com addresses subscribed to email lists. Briefly, there are 2
>problems. One is misdirected mail, where a hotmail.com user receives mail in
>their mailbox from several or many other lists to which they are not
>subscribed. The second and related problem is that the user may receive many
>multiple copies of some of these same messages.
>
>Both of these problems are occurring internally at hotmail and are NOT caused
>by any faulty mail delivery from *.lsoft.com hosts or *.stjohns.edu or other
>affected host sites. We have received many end-user complaints but since the
>problem is internal to hotmail.com we cannot accomplish a 'fix'. The Hotmail
>technical staff are aware of the problem and are working on it. Hotmail users
>should address complaints to these addresses:
>
> [log in to unmask]
> [log in to unmask]
> [log in to unmask]
> [log in to unmask]
>
>However there are privacy and security issues involved. Some List Owners use
>hotmail.com accounts to administer their lists. We have received reports that
>in some cases list owner and/or list member passwords have been exposed in
>some of these misdirected mail messages. Also we have reports from a number
>of lists which normally discuss highly personal and private matters that their
>messages are going astray as well. These exposures are very unfortunate.
>
>Because of our concern for these matters, L-Soft recommends that all List
>Owners take the following steps. We also ask all Site Administrators to pass
>along this information to their List Owners as applicable.
>
>1. Do not use a hotmail.com account to administer your list. There is a risk
>that your password could be compromised. Use another email account.
>
>2. If you already have used a hotmail account for list administration you
>should use the PW RESET command to cancel your existing password associated
>with that hotmail.com address. At this time it is NOT recommended that you
>obtain a new password since that also can be compromised. Use a different
>mail account.
>
>3. Owners of lists discussing sensitive material should know their
>subscribers private affairs are at risk of exposure. If you run such a list,
>we recommend you set all hotmail.com subscribers to NOMAIL NOPOST. You can do
>this easily with the command:
>
> SET * NOMAIL NOPOST FOR *@hotmail.com
>
>The alternative is to HOLD your list, thereby freezing ALL mail activity for
>your list. List Owners are best equipped to evaluate the nature of their
>list(s) and the risks and consequences of exposure for their own subscribers
>and then take action as they deem appropriate. We strongly recommend you take
>some action to protect your subscribers during this period if you have any
>doubts about this. Needless to say you should also let your subscribers know
>what is going on.
>
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> __________________________________________________________________
> Ben Parker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L-Soft international Inc.
> [log in to unmask] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Support Engineer
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