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Re: Is having an "open" ldap database a good idea ?
On Fri, 4 Feb 2000, John P. Looney wrote:
# Do commerical spammers see LDAP databases as great big resources for
# guaranteed "live" email addresses, or are they too difficult for them
# to get one big list (I intend doing things like limiting max searches
# to 10 results, etc.) ?
Spammers don't care where they get addresses, or, for the most
part, whether they're valid or not. If someone finds out about your LDAP
server, you can guarantee they'll get a list of addresse out of it.
Do any MUAs support doing a proper binding to an LDAP server?
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