Actually, I misspoke on a couple of points. We can turn off the reminder
altogether, and if everyone really wants that, I'm happy to do it. It is
a bit of a hassle, because then users have to remember their password so
that they can change settings or leave the list... or email me to do it
for them... And it won't change the fact that mailman's passwords are
not meant to be more than mildly secure, of course.
And the obvious work-around I didn't mention - just use a password you
don't care about. It's only used by mailman for changing your mailing
list settings.
Cheers,
Vern
Vern Ceder wrote:
> Yeah, that's the way that mailman does it. Setting a password is
> completely optional and they do warn you that it's plain text and warn
> not to use a valuable password when you sign up:
>
>> "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.
>>
>> If you choose not to enter a password, one will be automatically
>> generated for you, and it will be sent to you once you've confirmed
>> your subscription. You can always request a mail-back of your
>> password when you edit your personal options. Once a month, your
>> password will be emailed to you as a reminder. "
>
> It's not an option that I can see how to tweak, but if you know of a
> quick way to change that behavior in mailman, let me know. Otherwise,
> I'm afraid
> the work-around is to unsubscribe and then re-subscribe, and not give a
> password.
>
> Cheers,
> Vern
>
> Jon wrote:
>> Subject says it, if you look at the mailing list probe that just came
>> out the password is there in plaintext.
>>
>> I'm not terribly concerned if some leet-haxor gets my FWLUG pass, but
>> its not exactly professional.
>>
>> Which mailing list software are we using? Most of the major ones
>> should have a way to tweak that.
>>
>
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