Hi Robert,
I am helping out the folks at Hyperreal.org look after the 313 list.
Noble intentions or not, you've just violated one of the few simple
rules in the 313 constitution:
* Do not attempt to steal another list subscribers email identity (and,
yes, this has happened in past).
(and also)
* List subscribers are people, treat them as such, disrespective and
disruptive behavior will not be tolerated.
It is grounds for getting banned from 313 to post ANYTHING to the list
posing as another 313 list member, in good humor/intention or not, from
their correct actual email address or not. It's creepy, an invasion of
privacy and whether it's TECHNICALLY possible or not is beside the
point: it's unethical and disruptive. For the 2% of the 313
listmembers who can do your trick, that doesn't make it okay to do it
and wave it in everyone's faces, especially those who have no idea of
how to correct it.
While I don't necessarily disagree with cause, the manner of which
you've brought this to bear is unacceptable. I can't allow you (or
more importantly) any other 313 member to essentially hold the list
hostage to their pet "cause" and disrupt the reason the list was formed
to begin with.
Any further discussion of email list security should be had with the
people who run Hyperreal and manage the email software. Feel free to
contact them and share what you've learned, but not not post about it
any further on 313.
I will grant you this one-time warning to stay on 313 as a member
provided you not post any more on this topic, as righteous as you feel
about it or not. And to post something to 313 again as me or anyone
else would be immediate grounds for dismissal -- that goes for
everyone, effective immediately.
sorry to have to step in and get all rules-based, (which i am loathe to
do) but this is ridiculous. This should be the last post on this
topic that makes it to 313.
Thank you,
Matt
On Mar 16, 2005, at 11:48 AM, Robert Felber wrote:
On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 09:31 -0800, J.T. wrote:
i dont get it either.
what was the point of doing this on 313?
please dont. i subscribe for rambling nonsense about music, not
rambling nonsense about computer/email security.
Exactly that was the intention. Whats the goal, to do this on a list
like bugtraq etc, where everyone knows about it. Of course, if one
would
be interested in it, he would lookup at the right places - but to wake
someones attention they must actually see live whats possible to become
interested. You want your mail to work (as you want your car to drive)
-
but for both one should know how it works to dont cause damage to
himself or others.
--
MM
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