Eric Thomas <ERIC@SEARN>
Tue, 3 Apr 90 15:21:37 O
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>You're right about that but I think that is more dangerous than the list
>owner learning about USENET and making a concious decision to gateway
>the list. If an end-user subscribes in an attempt to gateway the list
>into USENET you can bet more than half of the time we will see loops or
>complaints that the gateway is not working properly.
True but that can happen also if an end user types /usr/ucb/vacation, or
if a local redistribution list is set up on a site with a funny mailer,
or whatever. People who run USENET gateways are usually responsible
adults who have read the documentation and understood that they've got to
be careful, and I would expect them to notify the list owner about the
gatewaying. If the scheme is changed so that authorization is required,
and a list owner refuses, what will the gateway maintainer do? Add one
line to the code with: if sender='XYZ-L#DUH' then ngroup='bit.listserv.x'
He'll still do the gatewaying if he really wants to, but it will be more
dangerous (for the reasons already explained re: peered lists etc).
Eric
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