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Adam Bailey <[log in to unmask]>
Fri, 9 Jan 1998 13:53:41 -0600
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On 1/9/98 5:01 AM, Pauline M. Marshall <[log in to unmask]> wrote...

>On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Adam Bailey wrote:
>
>> As Eric explained, LISTSERV (1.8d, which I've yet to have the pleasure to
>> work with) only does fuzzy domain matching with domains that have been
>> pre-registered by the ISP. For example, MSN was the first case this was
>> discovered for, because [log in to unmask] is the same as [log in to unmask]
>> So, since Microsoft informed L-Soft of this, LISTSERV now considers
>> [log in to unmask] and [log in to unmask] to be the same person, and will
>> accept commands thusly.
>
>That is great, but since [log in to unmask] is the SAME address (according
>to the listserv registery) as [log in to unmask], why were they allowed to
>subscribe twice.

How long were the two addresses subscribed? I get the impression this is
a new feature.



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