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"Lawrence B. York" <[log in to unmask]>
Sun, 27 Jul 1997 01:03:09 -0400
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On 26 Jul 97 at 4:21,  wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Jul 1997, Lawrence B. York wrote:
> > On 25 Jul 97 at 19:51, Mentor wrote:
> >
> > >  Is there a way to setup a list such that will require confirmation
> > >  when someone subscribes to the list and will not require
> > >  confirmation when unsubscribing from a list?
> >
> >    Subscription= Open,Confirm
> >    Validate= No
> >
> >    You could even use Validate= Yes, but it would require their
> > personal password or confirmation to unsubscribe.  However, it should
> > be noted that if they are sending their commands via a web browser
> > mail client or web interface they will be required to confirm the
> > command via email unless the Site Maintainer for that LISTSERV site
> > has coded WEB_BROWSER_CONFIRM= 0 in their site configuration.
> > Larry
>
>  By settinng Validate= No many other commands will not require
>  validation as well. Wouldn't this make the list more vulnerable to
>  hackers?

   Yes!

Larry

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