[Mailman-Developers] 2.1.8 documentation mismatch

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Fri Jun 9 17:32:48 CEST 2006


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On Fri, 9 Jun 2006 09:01:31 -0500
Brad Knowles <brad at stop.mail-abuse.org> wrote:

> 	Using the existing "Approved:" mechanism would also prevent
> the spoofing, and would have the same exposures regarding encryption.

Actually, that might be the right approach here.  Just use the existing
Approved header, but instead of checking it only against the list admin
password, check it against the user's password too.  In fact do that
first, falling back to the list admin password only if that fails.

No new header necessary.  Think 'sudo'.

- -Barry
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