On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 12:14:24AM +0100, Justin Mason wrote:
> actually, I think procmail supports this directly. use DROPPRIVS=3Dyes
> at the top of the /etc/procmailrc.
Hey, look at that!
DROPPRIVS   If  set  to	`yes'  procmail  will drop all privileges
it might have had (suid or sgid).  This is only
useful if you want to guarantee that the bottom half
of  the /etc/procmailrc file is executed on behalf
of the recipient.
Of course, removing setuid/gid bits on programs that don't need it is
always a good idea.  A general rule of system administration: don't give
out permissions unless you absolutely need to.   ;)
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From rlfrank@paradigm-omega.com  Wed Aug 28 10:46:41 2002

On Tuesday 27 August 2002 07:45 am, Justin Mason wrote:
> Tony Svanstrom, on SpamAssassin-talk, noted this US patent:
>   A method of anti-spam is to set an optional trustcode, or a trustlist, or
>   at least a trustweb based on online mail delivery at a recipient's e-mail
>   address. A mail sender is compelled at the first time to deliver a mail
> by way of: taking the way of "Visiting trustweb and sending online", or
> enclosing the recipient's trustcode in the mail and sending in another way
> other than the mentioned. After the sender's e-mail address has been stored
> automatically in the recipient's trustlist, the sender may send mails to
> the same recipient in whatever the ways feasible.
> Sounds a lot like TMDA to me. :(  Filing date is July 26, 2001,  granted
> TMDAers, have you seen this before?  I'd presume TMDA is prior art, but
I took a bit of time to review what is on the above URL.  If I were a news
"Inventor" from country that ignores patents and copyrights, seeks patent for
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