At 14:49 2002/11/22 -0500, Paul Karagianis wrote:
>On 22 Nov 2002, at 13:49, Pete Weiss wrote:
>
> >It's not so much the "JOBS" function that is interesting, but the
> >DISTRIBUTE.  JOBS packages up units of LISTSERV work in a method that
> >allows for the hundreds (?) of LISTSERV host machines to work on a
> >task.  In this particular case, it would be a DISTRIBUTE [MAIL] function
> >which is used to distribute ... mail to a bunch of folks.
>
>But.... Then where's the mail?  I posted the whole job.  The domains are
>phony and KAMANDANU does have an Internet marketing presence but I didn't
>see anything commercial.  I'm guessing Aldrian is running Listserv and
>is either testing something (what?) or the server itself has been nudged
>into trying to do some routine function beyond its current station in life.

They're probably running an evaluation copy and they've changed
USERID.  Which is one reason for the jobs to fail, since these jobs are
expected to come from LISTSERV@, unless you've registered (not just
configured) the server under a different userid.

>So far it looks like a benign configuration problem to me, but I'm also
>suspicious that some geek might be probing the Listserv uh, subnet, for
>some non-benign purpose.  Suspicious, paranoid, whatever.

These (or at least all of them that I've seen) are SUPD jobs.  Site
manager's manual 10.3.10: "X-SUPD jobs update the file used  by 'LIST
SUMMARY'."  They're telling you something, not asking you something.

Nathan