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Jan 10, 2000, 3:00:00 AM1/10/00
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Somebody said,
> Hmm. you have a good point. While this would nuke out the spammers,
> since they couldn't get an email address without first subscribing
> SOME legal address to the list, it doesn't solve the "kicked out
> getting even" attack scenario, because they would have had access to
> mail where they could get someone else's address from.
>
> So it's no better than the "password on the web site" solution, but a
> lot more work.
>
> Anyone see a way to fix this? I don't, unfortunately. thanks, Mitch.
> Saves me a buncha work for little real benefit.
>
> Hmm. you have a good point. While this would nuke out the spammers,
> since they couldn't get an email address without first subscribing
> SOME legal address to the list, it doesn't solve the "kicked out
> getting even" attack scenario, because they would have had access to
> mail where they could get someone else's address from.
>
> So it's no better than the "password on the web site" solution, but a
> lot more work.
>
> Anyone see a way to fix this? I don't, unfortunately. thanks, Mitch.
> Saves me a buncha work for little real benefit.
>
Actually, IFF folks keep their original subscription confirmation around (we
all do, don't we? :O), they will have a ready-made password for archives
access - the unique key used for the confirmation reply. Once logged in they
can have a cookie to avoid having to log in every time. If Mr. GettingEven
is blocked from the list, it's pretty straight forward to block him from the
website by dropping his name/confirmation code from the access control
system.
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