2010/7/14 Kenneth Gonsalves <[email protected]>: > any sensible 'lost your password' function will send a link to a web page > where you can enter a new password. That way, the site never knows your > password. Mailman does not follow this for the simple reason that mailing list > passwords are trivial passwords - even if they are cracked, no damage is done.
Also, Mailman stores the membership password in plaintext; which is why Mailman asks your to use a trivial password for membership. Anurag -- http://web.gnuer.org/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
