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Re: E-mail authentication during posting
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lugnet.admin.nntp
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Mon, 18 Jun 2001 11:16:28 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.nntp, Dan Boger writes:
> Now to allow SMTP posting without a web client, how about having an option
> to reply to the auth message sent by the server... the way many list
> servers act: In the subject of the mail, put in a code, and have the
> reply-to address to something like auth@lugnet.com... Then, when I get
> the message, I can just reply to it, type in nothing at all, and just hit
> send. The server will see that it got a message from me with the right
> code, and authunticates my post.
I was wondering about that, but how do you avoid things like bad vacation
programs or other auto-responders, or people who just hit Reply and scream
back some curses? :)
I suppose it could work if you had to reply AND put, say, an 'x' into a box
or something like that. I like your idea.
--
Todd S. Lehman | LUGNET Admin <todd@lugnet.com>
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 | | Re: E-mail authentication during posting
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| First of all, thanks for putting in a quick fix. This should defenitly work, now we just need to figure out a way to make it easier :) In lugnet.admin.nntp, Horst Lehner writes: \>Also, PGP encryption could potentially be used to offer a totally (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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