>Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1992 12:54:54 +0200
>From: Eric Thomas <[log in to unmask]>
>On Mon, 22 Jun 1992 09:04:35 CET "Janusz S. Bie/n" <JSBIEN@PLEARN> said:
>
>>I don't see what kind of legal danger you have in mind. I think also
>>that there is a difference between updating the mailform of the list one
>>owns and obtaining the logon password of LISTSERV.
>
>Listen, I have been warning people on this list that allowing someone to
>update mailforms automatically is a security exposure of the same
>magnitude as giving that person the logon password of LISTSERV because I
>*know* it to be true, not because I *think* it is the same thing. You are
>free to think that this is not true and to believe that the earth is flat
>to your heart's content, but please don't confuse the readership of this
>list with misinformation.
>
> Eric
Thanks to Eric for clarifying the security issue. What about my other
questions?
JSB