[olug] Fw: OLUG.PHPCONSULTING.COM

OBrien, Timothy (Omaha Linux Users Group - OLUG) IrishMASMS at olug.org
Fri Sep 19 17:42:28 UTC 2003


<quote who="Brian Roberson">
> regarding the mailman option "obscure_address"  --- IT ONLY WORKS ON
> THE MAILMAN GENERATED VIEW - honestly guys, noone takes into acount
> that when you create a public archive - yes mailman obscures the
> address's.... BUT...... there is another way to get to that archives -
> that is to look at the public .mbx file in entirety.... WHICH CONTAINS
> EVERY MESSAGE
> UN-MODIFIED...
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For the unknowing, how does someone get access to the public .mbx file;
and why would they want to do that?

-- 
Timothy "Irish" O'Brien
Publicity & Social activities chairperson
Omaha Linux User's Group (OLUG)
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