On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Marilyn Davis wrote:
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> On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Dave C. wrote:
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> > This may not have even been intentional..
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> I doubt if it was -- this time. I didn't even write to the subscriber. I
> hate to involve us in too much technical stuff. But I'm disturbed that we
> can be brought down so easily.
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> >
> > If I were you, I would reconfigure majordomo to not put the
> > "comment" parts of addresses in the list, just the functional address.
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> There's a good idea. I hate to lose that quoted info about each of
> our members but maybe that's what we'll have to do.
For the existing data, you could make an archival copy.
For new subscriptions, you could set up to archive the original
subscription request which would contain this info, if it was
present.... This would be a good idea anyway, in case someone accuses
you of spamming, you can show them the email that requested them to be
subscribed - if it was a forgery, they could inspect the headers to try
and track down the forger..
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> I'll wait for any other suggestions first.
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> >
> > Eg, instead of:
> >
> > "Someone" <Someone@???>
> > "Someone else" <Someone@???>
> > "John Q. Person" <JohnQ@???>
> >
> > Use this:
> >
> > <Someone@???>
> > Someone@???
> > <JohnQ@???>
> >
> > This way will work with or without the <> characters around the
> > addresses..
> >
> > This should fixup the existing file to follow that convention (and
> > throw away any addresses that dont currently have <> marks,
> > unfortnately) (I havent tested it though):
> >
> > # cat listfile | tr " " "\n" | grep "^<.*@.*>$" > newlist
> >
>
> Thank you! I'll keep it handy in case we go this route.
>
> Thanks again. You are *very* helpful.
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> Marilyn Davis, Ph.D.
> eVote - online polling software for email lists
> http://www.deliberate.com
> marilyn@???
> +1 650 965-7121 (USA)
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> > On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Marilyn Davis wrote:
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> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I run majordomo/exim for Zapatistas and am trying to be as secure
> > > as possible. We get attacked.
> > >
> > > Using majordomo, even with the confirmation feature happening, someone
> > > managed to put this onto the list of addresses:
> > >
> > > "Someone" Someone@???
> > >
> > > which exim didn't like. I think it wants:
> > >
> > > "Someone" <Someone@???>
> > >
> > > I'm talking with majordomo people to see how that got on there. The
> > > majordomo people wonder why it is that exim then fails to send any
> > > messages to the list (a disaster for the group which is in intense
> > > deliberative discussion because of the noose tightening around Chiapas
> > > and the upcoming Mexican elections). We were out of business all
> > > night and part of the morning when this happened.
> > >
> > > Is there an option where I can direct exim to go ahead and send the
> > > message to all the valid addresses and bounce or freeze just the one
> > > bad address?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help with this.
> > >
> > > Marilyn Davis, Ph.D.
> > > eVote - online polling software for email lists
> > > http://www.deliberate.com
> > > marilyn@???
> > > +1 650 965-7121 (USA)
> > >
> > >
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