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On 4 Sep 1999 19:09:06 +1000, cdewick@lios.apana.org.au (Craig Dewick)
wrote:

>In <37CB6A34.7178@cygnus.uwa.edu> mixeman <lavida@cygnus.uwa.edu> writes:
>
>>I tried to run my address book through a link checker, which uses
>>finger protocol to see if user exists.
>>However it seems many ISPs have dropped finger daemons, so this is
>>not very useful.
>>Is this fingerd removal to stop spammers just fingering common names to
>>build up their list of addresses or what?
>>Secondly, is there another way of finding if e-mail address is still
>>valid, apart from just sending a test message?

I must remark on the spam scenario.  Many versions allow either
"finger @host.net" or "fnger host.net" ( I can't honestly remember
which), and that will list users on the system.  This is bad.  Whether
for spam, or for the hacks, this is bad.
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