[13773] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Talking about spam and stuff..
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (J.D. Falk)
Mon Nov 17 17:38:02 1997
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 14:19:13 -0800
From: "J.D. Falk" <jdfalk@priori.net>
To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@ourworld.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.96.971118011834.28550A-100000@thistle> [9711.18]
On Nov 18, Adrian Chadd <adrian@ourworld.net> wrote:
> Ever since I subscribed to the list, I started to get spam. Which is
> strange, this email accounts gets (a) staff email, (b) nanog email.
> So a bit of snooping showed me that anyone can send the "who nanog" (or
> "which nanog", I cant remember which one, I just sent both :-) command
> to nanog@merit.edu and lo and behold, the subscriber list came back.
>
> So I'm asking the list admins to please disable the command, so spammers
> can't just grab a user list.. and also, for people who run large email
> lists, to consider doing the same.
Making things worse, nanog@merit.edu is still open for anybody
to post to, even if you're not subscribed. Many complaints
have been registered with the listowners, but for some reason
they've all been ignored.
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