scripts Re: [Rant] The Endless Search for a Mail Client That Doesn't Suck

[Alvin Oga <aoga@ns.Linux-Consulting.com>]

hi ya "list comm"

On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 listcomm@ml1.net wrote:

> FWIW...  maybe my demands are just too small, but I've been using
> MH mail for...  for.... hmmm...  25 years, now?  maybe?  and
> because it's command-line oriented, whenever it does something I

there's a gui for mh too

> (Just to strike holy fear into the hearts of any sysadmins out
> there, I've been known to break security, implement an SUID shell
> script to hack the sendmail.cf file to change the system identity
> while I send my mail out of some unsuspecting victim's system and then
> change it back when it's done, and then embed *that* in my MH
> control scripts).  (okay, now go change your pants...)

sounds like the mta was not hardened ... users should not be able
to change the mta config files
	- guess that's half the fun 

c ya
alvin