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Re: [ga] Majordomo 'who' command



I wonder Jeff - who in that list I sent you - people unrelated to you
in any way by association would you trust.  Who on that list unrelated to
yourself do you trust.  And I would consider myself as a party your
associated with.  I've enjoyed your guidance and look forward to your
reply.

Regards
Joe

On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Jeff Williams wrote:

> Bret and all,
> 
>   I completely agree with Brett here.  Although there are ways around this
> disabling, it is not a "Best Practice" in which to operate the Majordomo
> command functions.  Should the DNSO List admin. Fail to restore the
> 'Who' command, I may find it advantageous to reveal how it can be
> circumvented to a number or "Interested Parties".  I would therefore
> suggest strongly that the Majordomo Commands, all of them be restored,
> is a wise and prudent thing to do.
> 
> Bret A. Fausett wrote:
> 
> > >>>> who ga
> > > **** Command disabled.
> > >>>>
> >
> > I'd like to see the DNSO secretariat re-enable majordomo's 'who' command. I
> > know that making the list of participants and their e-mail addresses public
> > opens us up to spam and spoofing, but so do the web-based archives of the
> > discussion lists.
> >
> > I think the value of knowing who is participating in the General Assembly
> > outweighs any damage.
> >
> >       -- Bret
> 
> Regards,
> 
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