Re: [Mailman-Users] what gives?

2005-02-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mark Sapiro wrote: The "hijacked browser" scenario was only suggested in the first place because we were not understanding what you were reporting. Once we understood that your subscribes were not being redirected, that you were able to subscribe without any problem and that it was only after posti

Re: [Mailman-Users] what gives?

2005-02-17 Thread Mark Sapiro
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Yes, obviously NOT a security issue. I was simply debunking the >"hijacked browser" scenario and wanted to get to the bottom of it. It seems we have gotton to the bottom of it thanks to your staying with it and to Chuq and that is good. The "hijacked browser" scenario

Re: [Mailman-Users] what gives?

2005-02-17 Thread Larry Stone
On 2/17/05 6:54 AM, Larry Stone at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > While it's been quite a while, I also recall getting the bogus subscription > confirmation email from that site. At the time, I had no reason to associate > it with my subscribing to this mailman list so if it is, then as others have >

Re: [Mailman-Users] what gives?

2005-02-17 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mark Sapiro wrote: If by "firing off a confirm", you mean attempting to subscribe them to the list which then triggers a confirmation, I think this seems likely. Yes, that is what I mean. So what do we have. Someone is somehow watching this public list and getting addresses of (some, all?) first

Re: [Mailman-Users] what gives?

2005-02-17 Thread Chuq Von Rospach
On Feb 17, 2005, at 8:19 AM, Mark Sapiro wrote: I'm still a bit more skeptical at this point than "no doubt", but I'm open to the idea. since I've already found the culprit (I hope), it's well beyond no doubt. it's guaranteed. Someone is somehow watching this public list and getting addresses of

Re: [Mailman-Users] what gives?

2005-02-17 Thread Chuq Von Rospach
The fact that at least 4 people from this list have already responded that they too have gotten that same mailman confirm email from that domain/list at about the time, as they recall, that they first subscribed here and made their first post leaves no doubt at this point that there is a connectio

Re: [Mailman-Users] what gives?

2005-02-17 Thread Mark Sapiro
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >The fact that at least 4 people from this list have already responded >that they too have gotten that same mailman confirm email from that >domain/list at about the time, as they recall, that they first >subscribed here and made their first post leaves no doubt at thi

Re: [Mailman-Users] what gives?

2005-02-17 Thread John W. Baxter
On 2/17/2005 4:34, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John W. Baxter wrote: > >> I subscribed a different address (by email, as is my habit when I have a >> list message handy). >> >> I confirmed a half hour ago...no spurious confirmations from other lists yet >> (if that changes,

Re: [Mailman-Users] what gives?

2005-02-17 Thread Larry Stone
On 2/17/05 12:44 AM, Gerhard Killesreiter at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just want to state that I also got a subscription confirmation request > from that porn list. I /think/ it might have been after my > (re-)subscription to this list, but I can't check this since I deleted > the subscription

Re: [Mailman-Users] what gives?

2005-02-17 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
John W. Baxter wrote: I subscribed a different address (by email, as is my habit when I have a list message handy). I confirmed a half hour ago...no spurious confirmations from other lists yet (if that changes, I'll let you know). I have now unsubscribed. --John John, The fact that at least 4

Re: [Mailman-Users] what gives?

2005-02-16 Thread Gerhard Killesreiter
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005, Mark Sapiro wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >I AM running firefox. > > > >Reread my post, please. Are you saying that someone (or program) > >hijacked my web browser and patiently waits for me to subscribe to this > >mailing list or any other mailman mailing list in

Re: [Mailman-Users] what gives?

2005-02-16 Thread John W. Baxter
On 2/16/2005 16:04, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is the second time now that I've subscribed to the mailman list > and, shortly thereafter, have received a "confirm" subscription mailman > email for the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list. I subscribed a different address (by

Re: [Mailman-Users] what gives?

2005-02-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dave Dewey wrote: For what it's worth, I have received the exact same spanish-language-porno-confirmation email. However, it was some months after my initial subscription; doesn't mean it was or wasn't tied to my being a member of this list, but at least there are two of us that have received it.

Re: [Mailman-Users] what gives?

2005-02-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mark Sapiro wrote: Are you saying that your subscription to this list went as expected including the confirmation e-mail and then only after you posted you got a confirmation request from the other list? Yes, my subscription to this list went as expected, including the confirmation email. Then,

Re: [Mailman-Users] what gives?

2005-02-16 Thread Mark Sapiro
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >I AM running firefox. > >Reread my post, please. Are you saying that someone (or program) >hijacked my web browser and patiently waits for me to subscribe to this >mailing list or any other mailman mailing list in order to then send me >a confirm mailman email for the

Re: [Mailman-Users] what gives?

2005-02-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Chuq Von Rospach wrote: sure it can. it's a porn site. you running IE on windows, right? try installing firefox on the same machine and see what happens. I AM running firefox. Reread my post, please. Are you saying that someone (or program) hijacked my web browser and patiently waits for me to su

Re: [Mailman-Users] what gives?

2005-02-16 Thread Chuq Von Rospach
sure it can. it's a porn site. you running IE on windows, right? try installing firefox on the same machine and see what happens. On Feb 16, 2005, at 4:58 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is no way this can be due to a hijacked browser. -- Mailm

Re: [Mailman-Users] what gives?

2005-02-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mark Sapiro wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is the second time now that I've subscribed to the mailman list and, shortly thereafter, have received a "confirm" subscription mailman email for the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list. I just submitted a subscribe request for another of my ad

Re: [Mailman-Users] what gives?

2005-02-16 Thread Mark Sapiro
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >This is the second time now that I've subscribed to the mailman list >and, shortly thereafter, have received a "confirm" subscription mailman >email for the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list. I just submitted a subscribe request for another of my addresses on the web pag

[Mailman-Users] what gives?

2005-02-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is the second time now that I've subscribed to the mailman list and, shortly thereafter, have received a "confirm" subscription mailman email for the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list. What is up? Thanks -sea -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mai