This is the first time - to my knowledge - something like this has happened
to my list. Would somebody explain a) how it is possible to forge
subscriptions to a mailing-list and b) what to do to avoid it?
Helge Niska
list owner LANTRA-L
 
 
>Date:         Sat, 19 Aug 1995 06:40:57 -0400
>Reply-To: "Interpreting (and) translation" <[log in to unmask]>
>Sender: "Interpreting (and) translation" <[log in to unmask]>
>From: Bob Allisat <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject:      FORGED SUBSCRIBE
>To: Multiple recipients of list LANTRA-L <[log in to unmask]>
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>    List Maintainer -
>
>    Please remove my name from your esteemed mailing list.
>    The subscribe message was forged by someone who has
>    signed my account up for hundreds of mailing lists.
>    This fellow's server is at
>
>                     <janus.pec.co.nz>
>
>    You should also change your list security to require a
>    reply message to subscribe. I highly reccommend this
>    change to save your list a lot of trouble and to protect
>    victums of forgery out there like me.
>
>    I cannot unsubscribe myself because of the sheer volume
>    of mail. Apologies.
>
>    Thank you.
>
>    Bob Allisat
>
>    [log in to unmask]   or   [log in to unmask]
>
>
Helge Niska   Institute for Interpretation and Translation Studies
Stockholm University, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.  Tel. +46 8162927
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