Article 85720 of comp.os.vms: Xref: mv comp.os.vms:85720 Path: mv!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!usc!news.cerf.net!nntp-server.caltech.edu!SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU!CARL From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Re: Unsubscribe with different addr Date: 2 Oct 1995 04:59:49 GMT Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera Lines: 30 Distribution: world Message-ID: <44nrk5$lo7@gap.cco.caltech.edu> References: Reply-To: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU NNTP-Posting-Host: sol1.gps.caltech.edu In article , John Nebel writes: =The below posted by Carl is also useful for 16 year olds faking mail from =whitehouse.gov - it's also in the alt.2600 FAQ. = => => Telnet to port 25 of the machine with the mailing list. Then enter the => commands: => HELO your-machine-name => MAIL FROM: address-you-want-removed-from-list => RCPT TO: subscription-request-address => DATA => => UNSUBSCRIBE => . => QUIT It also happens to be commonly-available information. Just because YOU are too damned stupid to find and read RFC821 doesn't mean that most folks can't find it themselves. Security through obscurity seldom works, and it never works if the only reason something's obscure to the person advocating that security system is that he's too damned stupid to check out the publically available information on the topic. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.