On 6/9/98 2:12 PM, James Chamier <[log in to unmask]> wrote... >Steve Howie wrote: >> Actually, Ben Parker from Lsoft solved the problem for me. If the email >> client sending the request is Web-based, it asks for conformation ( for >> obvious security reasons, since forging a From: field is trivial in these >> cases. Just how it knows it's a Web-based client is the question :) The >> user at my site was using netscape 4.04 to send the requests. > >What concerns me, is does LISTSERV maintain a list of "Web-based mailers" >and can we find out what this list is ? > >Every stand alone PC mailer I've seen allows you to input anything you like >as your e-mail address (From field). If you enter something wrong, you won't >get replies (yes, I've seen that more than once!). Yes, but it's easier (and more common) to reconfigure the email address in a web browser than an email client. Not a whole lot easier, but still your average falsifier's first choice as a weapon. There's also the common problem of people using a lab computer and then leaving without clearing that information out. Then the next person comes in and starts interacting with the LISTSERV without thinking. -- Adam Bailey | Chicago, Illinois -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-| "Do not take life too seriously; [log in to unmask] | you will never get out of it alive." [log in to unmask] | - Elbert Hubbard Finger for PGP | http://www.tezcat.com/~adamb/