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Subject: Re: [9fans] spam
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From: Dan Cross <cross@math.psu.edu>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 17:34:49 -0400
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ron minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov> writes:
> On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Charles Forsyth wrote:
> > > import -bp machine /mail/box
> > > mail user
> >
> > a disadvantage of this approach is that without more work it makes
> > visible the names of all users on machine, details of their mail
> > boxes, and the contents of its /mail/lib and /mail/queue*
> > (not to mention /mail/tmp).
>
> if you can import it, you can already cpu to the machine. I'm not sure
> it's an issue.

To do it on a larger scale, where you may not trust everyone who wants
to send you mail to cpu into your machine, it is.

I might want someone to send me mail without logging into my machine.

	- Dan C.