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Roger Fajman <[log in to unmask]>
Wed, 5 Jul 1995 01:27:35 EDT
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> I'm not sure about capturing the messages themselves, but you could
> certainly stop the spoofed subscriptions by setting
>
> *Subscription= Open,Confirm
>
> Then if someone tries to spoof a sub request, LISTSERV sends a "magic
> cookie" response back--in this case, to the person on AOL, <not> to the
> person spoofing the mail.  At least that way it keeps them from being
> added to the list without their knowledge.
>
> Nathan
 
Good point.  However, that does create additional possibilities for
confusion for other new subscribers.
 
I would like to catch the person, but stopping them is the next best
thing.

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