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Re: Formatting of mailform notices
Eric Thomas <[log in to unmask]>
Wed, 17 Jun 1992 14:24:25 +0200
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On Tue, 16 Jun 1992 13:17:01 EDT Paul Hyland <PHYLAND@GWUVM> said:
 
>Isn't that  what list passwords  are for? What  is the exposure  that is
>greater  than being  able  to  modify and  update  a  filelist, using  a
>password, or to update files on a fileserver?
 
We are  talking about  a different  order of magnitude  of damage  here -
something that  can get  you to  court and with  a good  reason. Allowing
someone to update a  mailform on his own is equivalent  to giving him the
logon password of LISTSERV.
 
  Eric

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