Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 09 Jan 1998 00:02:20 +0200 | From | Theunis de Jongh <> | Subject | Re: Complaint |
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I have today received far more than 11 of these requests. I agree with Stefan that this has to stop immediately.
Stefan Mars wrote:
> Dear sir, > > I am on a mailing list called "linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu" that > recently has been spammed from your site. It seems that someone has tried > to add that mailing list to several mailinglists that is served by > majordomo@po.CWRU.Edu. First, I don't believe that the linux-kernel should > be on that mailing list, it's enough high traffic as it is, but secondly > and more importantly majordomo@po.CWRU.Edu is sending requests for > confirmation to linux-kernel, thereby spamming quite a lot of people's > mailboxes. > > So far I have counted 11 of those requests, and I have included one of > them below for reference. > > I was hoping that you, as root of the site running the majordomo, could do > something about it, as it is quite annoying. > > Regards, > > Stefan Mars > > /-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\ > | Stefan Mars |Student, Applied physics & Electrical engineering | > | Bjoernkaerrsgatan 15B:30 |Linkoping Institute of Technology | > | S-584 36 Linkoping | | > | Sweden |Email: mars@lysator.liu.se Phone: +46 (0)13175384 | > |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| > | Maintainer of The THX Home Cinema Buyers Guide, located at | > | http://www.lysator.liu.se/%7Emars/thxguide.html | > \--------------------- PGP key available through finger ----------------------/ > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 05:02:59 -0500 (EST) > From: majordomo@po.CWRU.Edu > To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu > Subject: Confirmation for subscribe lib-opac > > -- > > Someone (possibly you) has requested that your email address be added > to or deleted from the mailing list "lib-opac@po.CWRU.Edu". > > If you really want this action to be taken, please send the following > commands (exactly as shown) back to "majordomo@po.CWRU.Edu": > > auth 8fa64d67 subscribe lib-opac linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu > > If you do not want this action to be taken, simply ignore this message > and the request will be disregarded. > > If your mailer will not allow you to send the entire command as a single > line, you may split it using backslashes, like so: > > auth 8fa64d67 subscribe lib-opac \ > linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu > > If you have any questions about the policy of the list owner, please > contact "lib-opac-approval@po.CWRU.Edu". > > Thanks! > > majordomo@po.CWRU.Edu
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