Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!chinet!les
From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Using UUCP under a BBS system???
Message-ID: <1990Feb11.195213.8247@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 11 Feb 90 19:52:13 GMT
References: <2959@murtoa.cs.mu.oz.au> <511182@nstar.UUCP>
Reply-To: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Organization: Chinet - Chicago Public Access UNIX
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In article <511182@nstar.UUCP> larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder) writes:
>The last time I looked at XBBS, it would only allow the spawning of
>external news software - and one would have to set up an account for 
>your users to access the mailer - which would leave the system open
>for security problems.

Can you explain why having an account per user would cause any security
problem?  I can understand wanting a mail front-end built into a bbs
for convenience but I don't see any advantage for security.

Les Mikesell
  les@chinet.chi.il.us