On Mon, 2009-01-26 at 16:03 -0600, Barry Finkel wrote: >> We had a case last week when someone sent mail with a spoofed >> >> "From: ...." >> >> line that contained the e-mail address of the list owner.
I also wrote: >> In our case, the list owner temporarily moderated his e-mail address. And Lindsay Haisley <fmouse-mail...@fmp.com> replied: >Unless the list owner is also a subscriber with his/her mod flag turned >off, the fact that something is posted from an owner or moderator >address carries no weight with Mailman. I have to deal with this all >the time with distribution-only lists which have everyone's moderator >flag turned off, and the customer gets a new mail admin staffer who >doesn't understand how to use the list, and even though they're listed >as list owner they can't post until they subscribe and unset their mod >flag (or use an Approved: pseudo-header). The list owner is subscribed and is an active participant in the list. If the list owner had not been subscribed, he could not have temporarily moderated his e-mail address. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Barry S. Finkel Computing and Information Systems Division Argonne National Laboratory Phone: +1 (630) 252-7277 9700 South Cass Avenue Facsimile:+1 (630) 252-4601 Building 222, Room D209 Internet: bsfin...@anl.gov Argonne, IL 60439-4828 IBMMAIL: I1004994 ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9
