REMINDER: pending amendments to LEPS-L Test

[Suncoast]

Lawrence F. Gall <lawrence.gall at yale.edu> wrote in message
news:4.3.2.7.2.20020412101159.00a9c5b0 at lfg2.mail.yale.edu...
> REMINDER:
>
> Hello LEPS-L subscribers,
>
> Some important information about the list.
>
> I want everyone to have advance notice of changes that will be made to
LEPS-L
> on Monday 15 April.  At that time, the list will be amended so that (a)
only
> subscribers to LEPS-L may post, and (b) all subsequent requests to
subscribe
> to LEPS-L will require a brief confirmatory reply to a piece of email.
> Everyone who is a subscriber as of Monday morning 15 April will
> automatically be re-subscribed, using their email address of record in
> the LEPS-L subscription list from Monday morning.
>
> Basically, LEPS-L for years has had a "wide open door" policy, and this
> is being amended now to an "open door" policy for any/all who confirm
> their subscription intent.  This is a common configuration for lists, and
> should greatly curtail the type of first-time-on-target spam recently
> aimed at leps-l at lists.yale.edu   It should not change the gateway behavior
> between LEPS-L and sci.bio.entomology.lepidoptera (note that someone
> can still post to LEPS-L through s.b.e.l. even if that person is not
> a LEPS-L subscriber per se; but recent spam has been directed at
> leps-l at lists.yale.edu rather than via the gateway).
>
> Some folks may experience problems after Monday 15 April, as follows.
>
> If your subscription address in LEPS-L after Monday does not
> exactly match the reply-to address that you are using in your email
> software, you will not be able to post to leps-l at lists.yale.edu, because
> of the more stringent validation being made against the list of
subscribers.
>
> (You will still be able to *receive* posts, because of the less
restrictive
> manner in which incoming email to you typically gets validated.  For
example,
> at many institutions, people have an address jane.doe at university.edu  But
> using @department.university.edu or @building.department.university.edu
> if often happily accepted as an equivalent by computers that route email
at
> the institution).
>
> In order to minimize complications, prior to next Monday, please determine
> whether your subscription address in LEPS-L -- which we'll call
> your "old" address for discussion -- in fact matches your "current"
> reply-to address as it appears in your email software:
>
> 1. Compose some email to listproc at lists.yale.edu, and in the body of that
>     email simply say REV LEPS-L -- you will be emailed the current list of
>     subscribers.  It's always best to send plain text email only to
>     listproc at lists.yale.edu, and turn off any automatic signature that you
>     have in your email software.  Here's what the request might look like:
>
>          from: lawrence.gall at yale.edu
>          to: listproc at lists.yale.edu
>          subject: review
>          --------------------------------(body of email is below)-----
>          REV LEPS-L
>
> 2. Find yourself in the list of subscribers that is mailed back to you.
>
> 3. If your "current" reply-to address matches your "old" address in the
>     LEPS-L subscription list, you should be done.
>
> 4. However, if these mismatch, then consider unsubscribing the "old"
>     address in the LEPS-L subscription list, and immediately resubscribing
>     under your "current" address (HINT: set your reply-to address in your
>     email program to the "old" address, then do the unsubscribe; then set
>     your reply-to address back to the "current" address, and resubscribe)
>
> 5. Please seek some local computing help first if you're confused by
>     item 4. above.  However, I'm always available for anyone who
>     experiences unyielding problems.
>
> I'll repeat this email at the end of this week.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Larry
>
> ......................................................................
> : Lawrence F. Gall, Ph.D.            e-mail: lawrence.gall at yale.edu  :
> : Head, Computer Systems Office &     voice: 1-203-432-9892          :
> : Curatorial Affiliate in Entomology    FAX: 1-203-432-9816          :
> : Peabody Museum of Natural History    http://www.peabody.yale.edu   :
> : P.O. Box 208118, Yale University                                   :
> : New Haven, CT 06520-8118 USA                                       :
>
>
>
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