This is the first time - to my knowledge - something like this has happened to my list. Would somebody explain a) how it is possible to forge subscriptions to a mailing-list and b) what to do to avoid it? Helge Niska list owner LANTRA-L >Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 06:40:57 -0400 >Reply-To: "Interpreting (and) translation" <[log in to unmask]> >Sender: "Interpreting (and) translation" <[log in to unmask]> >From: Bob Allisat <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: FORGED SUBSCRIBE >To: Multiple recipients of list LANTRA-L <[log in to unmask]> >Content-Length: 661 > > List Maintainer - > > Please remove my name from your esteemed mailing list. > The subscribe message was forged by someone who has > signed my account up for hundreds of mailing lists. > This fellow's server is at > > <janus.pec.co.nz> > > You should also change your list security to require a > reply message to subscribe. I highly reccommend this > change to save your list a lot of trouble and to protect > victums of forgery out there like me. > > I cannot unsubscribe myself because of the sheer volume > of mail. Apologies. > > Thank you. > > Bob Allisat > > [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] > > Helge Niska Institute for Interpretation and Translation Studies Stockholm University, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden. Tel. +46 8162927 [log in to unmask] HNISKA@SEUMDC51(BITNET) Fax: +46 8161396