On Sun, 9 Jul 1995, Dan Dewey wrote:
   (in part)
> subscription names look suspicious, but since when has that been cause
> for alarm?  Are we censors?  If we delete subscriptions because they look
> suspicious, shouldn't we talk to the subscriber, first?
 
> requests have plagued the list as of yet.  Even if I had a subscription,
> I'd e-mail the person before nuking them... something about curtosey?
 
All correct as to theory and philosophy, but when you've got forged
subs you *can't* contact the subscriber, at least not by using the sub
address.  There is every justification for blocking forged subscriptions.
 
By the way, I probably wasn't clear enough in what I said early this
morning about failed sub attempts, when you have Sub open,confirm showing
up in the daily monitor report.  That only happens when the confirm
messaage from the LISTSERV bounces from the given address.  If the confirm
fails becase the would-be subscriber can't figure out how to confirm,
despite the simple instructions, there won't be anything in the report.
Likewise, if someone tries to forge a sub, using a bogus address the
confirm message will bounce and it will be in the daily monitor, but if
someone is forging someonelse's legitimate address in the sub, there won't
be an error in the report, though you may get a note from the innocent
asking what the heck is going on.  If you have open subscription, make
it Open,Confirm.
 
Douglas
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