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Article #847Re: Finding users (was Re: Jail postmasters)
From: Wm E Davidsen Jr
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1989 15:38
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1989 15:38
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In article <1989Nov27.014417.11893@smsc.sony.com> dce@icky.Sony.COM (David Elliott) writes: | The problem with this solution is that it may be considered an | invansion of privacy. Some people may not want to have others be | able to find their login name like this. Also, it could lead to | someone starting a "junk mail" campaign. And security issues arise. I don't want to hand someone a list of logins so they can try for simple passwords. The less non-users know about my system the better I like it. -- bill davidsen (davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen) "The world is filled with fools. They blindly follow their so-called 'reason' in the face of the church and common sense. Any fool can see that the world is flat!" - anon
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!usc!samsung!uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen From: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: Finding users (was Re: Jail postmasters) Message-ID: <1780@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> Date: 27 Nov 89 15:38:44 GMT References: <496@nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu> <1989Nov26.045020.9447@smsc.sony.com> <1989Nov27.014417.11893@smsc.sony.com> Distribution: usa Organization: GE Corp R&D Center, Schenectady NY Lines: 15 Reply-exos: @crdgw1:To: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.com (bill davidsen)