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Phiber Optik <phiber@eff.org>Sat, 23 Jan 93 21:55:16 PST
I'm not one to overlook the obvious. Is it desireable that any Tom, Dick, or
Harry can telnet to toad's SMTP port, and use the sendmail expand command to
list everyone on this mailing list?
I'm sure less net-savvy users on this list are unaware, and it should be said.
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pmetzger@shearson.com (Perry E. Metzger)Mon, 25 Jan 93 12:20:09 PST
>From: Phiber Optik <phiber@eff.org>
>I'm not one to overlook the obvious. Is it desireable that any Tom, Dick, or
>Harry can telnet to toad's SMTP port, and use the sendmail expand command to
>list everyone on this mailing list?
Welcome to TCP/IP. You've told us what most of us already know. (By
the way, its the SMTP EXPN command, not the "sendmail" one, as
sendmail is just one MTA -- there are many other implementations). The
whole point of this list is to develop techniques to ensure privacy --
most of us understand that there isn't much right now.
Perry
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peter honeyman <honey@put-in-bay.citi.umich.edu>Mon, 25 Jan 93 12:43:13 PST
> The whole point of this list is to develop techniques to ensure privacy --
> most of us understand that there isn't much right now.
but but but ... sendmail already offers an easy way to hide the membership
of a mailing list. why not use it?
peter