On Mon, 24 Nov 1997 17:50:55 -0500, Web Developers Group
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>At 05:37 PM 11/24/97 -0500, John Witherspoon wrote:
>
>>But having private notebooks doesn't stop someone from going to a list's
>>web archive interface page, does it?  Is it currently possible to restrict
>>access to a list's WAI page to only that list's subscribers?  If so, how?
>
>It is my understanding (and experience) in 1.8c that setting the notebook
>to private means that you do not have a web archive available, and that
>sites running the beta of 1.8d have private notebooks and password
>protected Web archives.

This is correct.  Basically, 'Send= ' controls who can send mail to the
list.  The setting on the 'Notebooks=  ' line controls WWW browsing of the
archives.  It is possible to have Send= Private but Notebooks=...,Public.
In fact this is required for 1.8c (which introduced the WWW interface).

In 1.8d (which is currently running on Lsoft.com sites and some others) you
can set Notebooks=..., Private as well and LISTSERV will require that only
current subscribers can view the archives.  A personal password is required
(and LISTSERV will help the user create one).

Spammers look for easy harvesting.  Lists setup with Subscription= By Owner
and Send= Private and Notebooks=..., Private are about as secure from this
as it is possible while maintaining reasonable user convenience.

(Could this maybe be why pay-toilets were universally despised...? 8-)


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