[2715] in Athena Bugs
RE: surrpetitious mail from olc_answers (browser)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris VanHaren)
Mon Aug 7 09:05:16 1989
To: jtkohl@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Cc: bug-olc@ATHENA.MIT.EDU, bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: [2714] in the athena-bugs meeting
From: Chris VanHaren <vanharen@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 89 09:04:52 EDT
>> I notice today that the OLC stock answer browser sends mail to carla
>> every time I exit it.
>>
>> WHY? Where is this documented?
That is correct. This is so that the use of the browser can be tracked.
Names are not really necessary, except so that we can distinguish the
unique number of users that use it.
It is not documented. There is no man page yet, although I have written
one that should be in the next release.
>> I find it offensive to have a program sending mail without telling me it
>> is doing so. I did not authorize it to act as my agent to send
>> electronic mail!
Are you equally offended that the number of unique logins is tracked
also? Kerberos can give this information easily, and I know that it has
been done in the past. The mail to carla is an attempt to give us the
same sort of information that kerberos gives.
Why is this a bug? It works perfectly well... I don't understand why
you sent it to "bugs"...
Chris VanHaren
