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From: csg@pyramid.pyramid.com (Carl S. Gutekunst)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail
Subject: Re: is sendmail V5.61 available yet ??
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Date: 18 Jan 89 02:03:08 GMT
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Carl S. Gutekunst writes:
>Note that anonymous UUCP is a serious security hole

Peter Honeyman asks:
>how so?

Because of the loss of authentication. See the ongoing discussion in
news.sysadmin.

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