On [2003-Apr-15] Werner Reisberger <werner@pure.ch> wrote:
You could simply pre-process these messages to remove any email address since it isn't being used anyway.
Why isn't it used anymore? It has been always very useful to (un)subscribe from an address which isn't the address from where you are sending the request. I didn't saw any notice that this feature has been removed and I don't know why it should be necessary to remove it. Can you shed some light on this?
No released version of SmartList I have ever used has actually accepted this form of (un)subscribe. For simple security the subscribe command would accept only the address from which the mail was sent (so a malicious user couldn't subscribe someone else nor could they unsubscribe someone else).
I think it's much easier to make the small modification in rc.request making the useful feature work flawlessly than to add extra recipe(s).
Anyway, if it will not be fixed in the official SmartList distribution I will fix it in the rc.request for the confirm addon because confirm depends on the "subscribe some address" feature.
I can understand that if you have the extra security of a well constructed confirm package then the ability to (un)subscribe an arbitrary address may have some advantages but the very few times such a circumstance has arisen on my lists it has been simple enough to handle it manually by the list admin. Rich -- richard_ball@merck.com (I regret the presence of the legal disclaimer but I have no control over it) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice: This e-mail message, together with any attachments, contains information of Merck & Co., Inc. (Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, USA) that may be confidential, proprietary copyrighted and/or legally privileged, and is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named in this message. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please immediately return this by e-mail and then delete it. ==============================================================================