[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> Is the above neglecting a fundamental principle? > > SJT> Yes. Security. If your host allows you to do such things, I strongly > SJT> suggest you find one who won't. ;-) > > My mom just spent $400 for me for 5 years at Dreamhost. What's the > worst that could happen? All the files on my account getting deleted? > No problem,
You need to learn that what *you* don't know can hurt the rest of us. Specifically, if the files on your account can be deleted, they can be replaced. Eg, with a set of spam filters that open the floodgates to a spammer, along with a brand new set of 1 million subscribers you never heard of. > I'll just put mailman on a different one of my unlimited shell > users. No, you'll lose all your unlimited shell users, and be banned for life from that system. Nor will your mother get her $400 back, since you violated the AUP. > Imagine me not being to stop bad bots via .htaccess. > Imagine all mail going straight to the moderator queue with no > .procmail etc. filtering. That is what I'm worried about with only web > access. You get what you pay for. Hardware and bandwidth, unfortunately, cannot be provided in infinite amounts at negligible cost the way that software can. ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
