Jonathon,
My point was not that our lists can be (and should be)
protected against attacks like this, but that PC Computing
is a mainstream, mass market computer magazine that's read
by scores of people, many less than computer literate.
This article puts these actions out there in a fairly positive
light, without discussing the possible impact on list owners,
or, for that matter, Internet bandwidth. If you really have
67,000 lists in www.liszt.com, many will NOT be protected...
In other words, I consider it irresponsible journalism
to suggest to people actions like this without discussing
the consequences, and how third parties may have to spend
time cleaning up after them. I hope their ears burn with
all the letters to the editor, and I'm SURE going to think
twice before buying Ziff-Davis magazines in the future!
On Thu, 27 Mar 1997, jonathon wrote:
<Snip: Need for subscription confirmation>
<Snip: How Procmail can refuse delivery of "Precedence: bulk,
and bounce back 400MB Attachments>
The problem is that the "less bright" will be reading this
magazine, which, by the way, does NOT discuss E-Mail address
spoofing, so if we get a spate of list subscriptions because of
it, they'll be easily traced. Many of the "targets" wouldn't be
technically knowledgable either and I haven't heard of any
Windows 95 versions of Procmail...
Till later,
Ken Parker
P.S. I appreciate your ideas on how I can protect myself. I DO
have Procmail.
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