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Article #238Re: Canceling
From: Todd Michel McComb
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 00:46
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 00:46
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In article <9uvfpr$2fe1$1@nntp1.ba.best.com>, Malcolm Hoar <malch@malch.com> wrote: >OTOH, leaving your entry in the passwd file might be to your benefit >security-wise. If someone with nefarious intent called Monday to >open an account and requested 'mccomb' as their login... Ah, but that was the (anticipated) beauty of this. They couldn't get @best.com. That's gone. Everything was to melt away into nothingness.... If only Verio understood what "cancel" means.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f9f6d,d6c2f8fe1cff2039 X-Google-Attributes: gidf9f6d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-09 16:46:46 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-01!supernews.com!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!enews.sgi.com!news1.best.com!nntp1.ba.best.com!not-for-mail From: mccomb@medieval.org (Todd Michel McComb) Newsgroups: best.general Subject: Re: Canceling Date: 9 Dec 2001 16:46:40 -0800 Organization: Medieval Music & Arts Foundation Lines: 10 Distribution: best Message-ID: <9v10lg$1b8j$1@machaut.medieval.org> References: <9uubns$18to$1@machaut.medieval.org> <9uuj9m$2ds2$1@nntp1.ba.best.com> <9uv01e$19f8$1@machaut.medieval.org> <9uvfpr$2fe1$1@nntp1.ba.best.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: machaut.medieval.org X-Trace: nntp1.ba.best.com 1007945202 83867 216.240.37.117 (10 Dec 2001 00:46:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@best.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 00:46:42 +0000 (UTC)