Hi, Oh no really I'm embarrassed. I over-reacted! And also it's my fault if it says that and I didn't even read it!!
Well, sorry for that over concern. I guess I was just surprised. Many thanks for your reply and sorry to have been too grumpy about it. Sam On Sun, Apr 10, 2016, at 22:07, Joao S. O. Bueno wrote: > Hi Sam - > we apologize for your security deception there - but please note we > just use out-of-the box mailing list software, > lacking volunteer efforts to customize or modernize such software - > the "mailman" e-mail list software has been used as "finished > software" and did not have significant uptdates > in well over 10 years - it probably could see some help as well. > > But, despite seeing you have a legitimate concern, the default Mailman > message on the subscription site _does_ warn about the password being > sent in cleatext afterwards: > "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." > (https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list) > > So, our apologies again, I for one can understand that in these days > of increase security and privacy awareness, as compared to mailman's > age, one should expect the password not to be stored in a retrievable > way in the servers. And as someone in the field, again, I for one, > know very well that one should not expect people to read all the text > surrounding the forms. (really: not your fault - it is just not > feasible to read all the fine-print in all sites we do visit). > > > Please, accept our apologies - I think I can say that for the GIMP > team. If you have the resources and will to volunteer and improve > that, or know someone who could, you are invited to step up and help. > > (otherwise, just do change your password for a non-valuable one - the > current state for the lists is that the password is kept in cleartext > in the server. Also, there is no "password history" - so the sooner > you change, the better). > > Regards, > > js (joão) > -><- > > > On 10 April 2016 at 10:03, Sam Ashley <[email protected]> wrote: > > New to this fabulous list and glad to be here, hi. > > > > Look I love gimp and am happy to join this list but please, if you > > insist on sending passwords back to people in the clear at least say > > that clearly in the sign up page right next to the password entry field. > > Better yet, don't send it imho. > > > > -- > > http://www.fastmail.com - Access your email from home and the web > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gimp-user-list mailing list > > List address: [email protected] > > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list -- http://www.fastmail.com - Does exactly what it says on the tin _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: [email protected] List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
