Security advisory: uw-imap - 3 attachments

[Eric Blake]

> >But so is cygwin-patches, and gmane *can* post to cygwin-patches!
> 
> 1) I didn't know that.
> 
> 2) cygwin-patches hasn't (yet) been abused by people who send off-topic
> email.  If it is abused, then I'll request similar blocking from gmane.
> 
> >gmane requires a legitimate email address before posting, and
> >therefore gmane will not allow an unsubscribe user to post to
> >a moderated list.

gmane requests an address PER list (in other words, registering
to post to gmain.comp.accessibility.vision does not also let you
post to cygwin-apps).  It also asks for your email address, so
on a managed list, your post should only get through if your
email address is already a subscriber to that list.  Therefore,
using gmane to post to cygwin-patches only works if you are
already a subscriber of cygwin-patches.  That was all I was
asking for cygwin-apps, but I see your point of view, and will
live with it, without any further comments on this thread.

> 
> I requested the one-way aspect of this gmane forum and would have taken
> more draconian steps on sourceware.org if this option wasn't available.

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Eric Blake