From: pmetzger@shearson.com (Perry E. Metzger)
To: phiber@eff.org
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Raw Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 12:20:09 PST
From: pmetzger@shearson.com (Perry E. Metzger)
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 12:20:09 PST
To: phiber@eff.org
Subject: This list...
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>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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