[Mailman-Users] subscription hiding

KevinL darius at wobbly.bofh.net.au
Tue Apr 17 05:04:26 CEST 2001


Hi all,

I've had a request from someone I'm hosting a privacy-related list for, to 
disable the '/options/<listname>/<username>' functionality, or to at least 
make it such that people can't "probe" for addresses.  At the moment, I can 
tell whether a given address is or is not subscribed to the list by trying 
that url and seeing if I get a request for a password, or if I get a "user 
does not exist".  That seems mildly buggy - shouldn't it ask for a password 
regardless, and simply always fail if the user does not exist?  How would I go 
about changing the behaviour here? (any pointers to relevant sections of code 
to get me started appreciated, if that's what it takes)

TIA,
KevinL
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Internet techie, Obsidian Consulting Group
Specialising in proxy issues and traffic measuring/billing.






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