Re: Trouble with Approved line

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Kent Landfield (kent@landfield.com)
Tue, 23 Sep 1997 22:45:36 -0500 (CDT)


# One problem is that the Approved: mechanism is so lacking in
# security that we always avoid explaining it clearly, thus
# engendering confusions like this. Security by obscurity, said
# with the requisite sneer.

That too is part of the myth.. The Moderators Handbook has been online
in one form or another since 1993. The how-to is in RFC 1036. Not
too obscure for anyone that's curious. ;)

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