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Re: Is having an "open" ldap database a good idea ?

To: "John P. Looney" <jplooney-ldap@online.ie>
Subject: Re: Is having an "open" ldap database a good idea ?
From: Dustin Sallings <dustin@spy.net>
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 14:31:10 -0800 (PST)
Cc: openldap-general@OpenLDAP.org
In-reply-to: <20000204123531.H23661@online.ie>

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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Follow-Ups:
- Re: Is having an "open" ldap database a good idea ?
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- Re: Is having an "open" ldap database a good idea ?
  - From: Roy Smith <roy@endeavor.med.nyu.edu>

References:
- Is having an "open" ldap database a good idea ?
  - From: "John P. Looney" <jplooney-ldap@online.ie>

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