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Re: E-mail authentication during posting
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lugnet.admin.nntp
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Tue, 19 Jun 2001 02:08:24 GMT
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On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 12:20:50AM +0000, Brad Hamilton wrote:
> If that won't work, how about making it so we can just reply to the email
> instead of going to the web page. I think I could create an auto-reply rule
> or something in my mail program that would make this automatic.
but by doing that, you'll be breaking the whole authentication process -
If I know that you have such a rule that auto authorizes posts by you, I
can spoof posts as you with no problem... your auto-reply will authorize
them without hesitation... :/
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| This is really annoying and is impacting my posting frequency. Since I use a cable modem, I'm always posting from the same IP address. Is there any way to enter an IP address as "authorized" to be myself? If that won't work, how about making it so (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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