On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 20:05:34 PM -0000, mike scott ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On 4 Jan 2008 at 20:36, M. Fioretti wrote: > ... > > > > write a procmail autoresponder which recognizes unsubscribed posters > > as described above, stores their addresses and, whenever a reply to > > their questions appear, sends to the unsubscribed poster who sent the > > initial question: > ..... > > There's one almighty great snag to such a scheme: it could potentially > be used by anyone so minded to mail-bomb hapless users unconnected with > OOo. The problem being there is no way to determine if the sender > address is genuine. The present system, for all its faults, should at > least make someone suspicious if anyone were to try such a thing. Beg your pardon? Unsubscribed_Joe sends email to [email protected] autoresponder_account (being_subscribed) receives all and only the mail sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] autoresponder_account forwards to unsubscribed_joe all and only the _replies_ to his own question posted to [EMAIL PROTECTED] the only way to mailbomb unsubscribed_joe through such an autoresponder would be to mailbomb [EMAIL PROTECTED], ie something which could happen anyway and would be stopped by moderators regardless of the autoresponder. Unless I totally misunderstood your comment, of course. Please provide more details if this is the case. Marco -- Your own civil rights and the quality of your life heavily depend on how software is used *around* you: http://digifreedom.net/node/84 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
