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(...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) This was talked about a couple weeks ago already, actually, and I don't really think it's a workable option, unfortunately. -- Todd S. Lehman | LUGNET Admin <todd@lugnet.com> (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) As far as I'm aware, zero. NNTP doesn't do authentication -- it does authorization. That is, if you're authorized to post to the server (after giving your username/password), you can still forge messages in anyone's name. Some server hacks (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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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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(...) Good work, Todd. As I use the web interface this doesn't affect me much at all. I understand the issues raised by some who do not use the web interface, and I'm sure you'll work with them as much as possible/feasible to address their concerns, (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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