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Roger Fajman <[log in to unmask]>
Mon, 10 May 1999 18:50:32 -0400
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> I've run into rather strange behavior from our Listserv (which is
> version 1.8c by the way).  One of the lists on our site is set not to
> require confirmation of commands from listowners, and in fact
> *doesn't* require it in all cases but one.  But this one owner (whose
> account is on Geocities) always does get a command confirmation
> request.  Can anyone explain why this would be so?  Is this some kind
> of security feature I don't know about?  Is the Geocities address the
> problem, or the kind of mail headers that Geocities generates?  Or is
> there a way to set this security feature for an individual account I'm
> unaware of?
>
> My thanks!
>
> Anthony Aristar

If the email comes from a web browser (based on the X-Mailer header),
LISTSERV forces confirmation.  I believe this includes the email
component of Netscape Communicator, for example.

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