Re: HELP! I have subscribed and I can't get off!

Rick Troth (troth@rice.edu)
Wed, 28 Sep 1994 09:48:58 -0500 (CDT)


> I will soon modify the capabilities of this list processor
> so that subscribers may subscribe or unsubscribe under whatever
> email.

Uhhh... You're scaring me, Arthur.

> Subscribers will be allowed to protect themselves by
> modifying their password. If you have other suggestions,
> please let me know.

I've never been fond of LISTSERV/listproc/listprocessor
use of passwords. The usual reasons apply. I'd avoid it.

One thing that may give you and us the needed relief is
domain string matching. What I mean is, this note should appear
to come to you from "troth@rice.edu", but it's being composed on
the machine "is.rice.edu" and would (with a different MUA) appear
to be from "troth@is.rice.edu". So what I'm saying is that you
could/should match right-to-left for the length of the shorter of
the two FQDNs, if an exact match fails.

Again (trying to find the right words):

first try an exact match

iff that fails, then try matching right-to-left
for the length of the shorter of the two

> Please do not mail to this list for such administrative
> requests. I know I may act with some delay, and I will
> do my best to fasten this.

I guess I'm obliged to forgive you since I'm
also very much of a slow-poke. ;-)

> --
> Arthur Secret, phone: (41-22) 767-37-55
> The CERN WWW Team, e-mail: secret@dxcern.cern.ch

-- 
Rick Troth <troth@rice.edu>, Rice University, Information Systems