AFAIK - [EMAIL PROTECTED] is just an alias. The actual sending to various
subscriber groups is done in BCC.
This is to get around the fact that some mailers require something in the
to:
And yes, MJ2 implements confirmations.
Atul
On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> Shridhar Daithankar rearranged electrons thusly:
>
> > Hi all
> > Just imagine if somebody subscribes [EMAIL PROTECTED] to LIH/LIP/LIG.
> > Great... I keep on getting mails from VSNL helpdesk threatening to block my
> > address if I broadcat spam. And this mail is addressed to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > I think that's the spam in first place....
>
> Hi Sridhar -
>
> Thaths / Atul - correct me if I am wrong - but majordomo currently implements a
> 'confirmation' system where a mail is sent back to the address which requests
> subscription. The actual subscription is accomplished only when the guy
> replies to that address.
>
> That way, [EMAIL PROTECTED] may not be able to subscribe ... unless, of course,
> the subscription does not match the sender envelope with the randomized token
> in the subscription URL ... in which case any idiot replying to that
> subscription request will subscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] to the list.
>
> Can one of you check this out?
>
> I suggest you call up VSNL Bombay and request them _not_ to cc
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] when complaining (some of us have also suggested this earlier
> - but as we are _not_ net.cops, and can only offer suggestions, vsnl seems to
> have ignored this so far). I thought this has stopped (dunno, as am no
> longer a vsnl subscriber ...) but anyway it is nice to see that they do care
> about spam a bit these days.
>
> +suresh
>
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