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Re: Email Authentication - Why not make it optional?
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lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general
Date: 
Fri, 22 Jun 2001 02:03:18 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.nntp, Ross Crawford writes:

And as I've said elsewhere, I don't believe the authentication system will
stop people like Mad Hatter from causing problems in the future.

Which is still the really scary and unfortunate fact.

KDJ
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LUGNETer #203, Windsor, Ontario, Canada



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  Re: Email Authentication - Why not make it optional?
 
(...) Shiri, This *doesn't* solve the problem for people who don't have access to a browser to authenticate their posts. It also doesn't solve the problem of people who compose a bunch of posts off-line, then dial-up to send them. These people now (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general)

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