We know that plain text emailed passwords are a bad idea. This will be
fixed in MM 3.
For MM 2.1, as a list member, you can turn off the periodic reminder for
any list of which you are a member. As a list owner, you can turn off
all periodic reminders from your lists. As a site admin, you can turn
off all periodic reminders from the site.
That leaves only the "request an immediate reminder and intercept the
email" attack as a vulnerability. The list subscribe form says:
You may enter a privacy password below. This provides only mild security,
but should prevent others from messing with your subscription.
*Do not use a valuable password* as it will occasionally be emailed back to
you in cleartext.
which implies that such a password, even if it is not an autogenerated
one, is less likely to work in other contexts.
** Changed in: mailman
Importance: Medium => High
** Changed in: mailman
Status: New => Triaged
** Changed in: mailman
Milestone: None => mailman-2.2-3.0
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privacy hole in password reminder
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/266821
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