When you create a list from the WebUI, you have the option of having
Mailman generate the password itself, in which case it will get
included in the e-mail message that is sent to the listowner.
The CLI interface is not going to auto-generate that e-mail message,
so by default it is not going to auto-generate that password either.
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Brad Knowles
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On Jul 16, 2008, at 9:07 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Barry Finkel) wrote:
Don Hone wrote:
There doesn't seem to be an option to have a system generated
password
when running bin/newlist from the command line. Is this correct? If
so,
I would appreciate this be added as an enhancement request.
The ability to create a list from the command line is good since it
creates
the aliases lines for me.
I do not see why you would want the system to generate a list admin
password when you create the list. The bin/newlist script wants
you to generate a password. If Mailman were to generate a random
password, how would it tell you what it was? You need that password
to do any list administration via the web. I am not sure that I
would want a random password for a list admin, as it would be hard
to remember. When I, as Mailman administrator, create a new list
for someone, either the requestor gives me the password, or I choose
a password and let the requestor change it. I would never be able
to remember a really random password, unless I used it multiple
times each day to do list maintenance.
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