On 8/2/98 2:54 PM, Studded <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote...

>Vince Sabio, Alpha Listmom wrote:
>
>> (3) inform me whenever someone attempts
>> to REVIEW any of my mailing lists (I have my lists configured to
>> disallow such things, but I still like to know when they try), 
>
>       You made the above statement in reference to praise of lyris. I am not
>familiar with the phrase "review a mailing list" and I was wondering if
>you could expand on what that means, how it is detected and why it is
>undesirable. 

The REVIEW command/procedure, in some packages, produces a list of all 
the subscribers to a list.

Back in The Good Old Days(tm) when the net was a reasonably safe place to 
be, anyone (or, at least, any subscriber) could find out who else was on 
the list, so they'd know who all they were talking to (individual 
subscribers would still have the ability to hide just their 
subscription). But with the rise of UBE and other forms of mass email 
abuse, most lists are now closed to any form of REVIEW (as well they 
should be).


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