[Mailman-Users] mailman passwords

2009-05-09 Thread bob 001
Hi there, Do we have any setting where we can set maximum retries for wrong password before it locks the account or something like that? isn't it otherwise easily breakable via bots by trying different passwords to the same web url. How'z experts here controlling this piece of security? -- TIA

Re: [Mailman-Users] mailman passwords

2009-05-09 Thread Mark Sapiro
bob 001 wrote: Do we have any setting where we can set maximum retries for wrong password before it locks the account or something like that? No isn't it otherwise easily breakable via bots by trying different passwords to the same web url. It depends on the strength of the password.

Re: [Mailman-Users] mailman passwords

2009-05-09 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
Hi! On Sam, 2009-05-09 at 12:51 -0700, bob 001 wrote: [...] Do we have any setting where we can set maximum retries for wrong password before it locks the account or something like that? isn't it otherwise easily breakable via bots by trying different passwords to the same web url. Easily?

[Mailman-Users] Removing from retry queue

2009-05-09 Thread Jeffrey Goldberg
I have a couple of messages in my retry queue that will never go any where. I've been waiting for mailman to give up on them, but it's been several days now, and like to avoid the clutter in my SMTP logs. How long will mailman keep trying in the face of a 450 from the local SMTP server?

Re: [Mailman-Users] Removing from retry queue

2009-05-09 Thread Mark Sapiro
Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: I have a couple of messages in my retry queue that will never go any where. I've been waiting for mailman to give up on them, but it's been several days now, and like to avoid the clutter in my SMTP logs. How long will mailman keep trying in the face of a 450 from

Re: [Mailman-Users] mailman passwords

2009-05-09 Thread Jeffrey Goldberg
On May 9, 2009, at 4:51 PM, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote: - Depending on the security situation of your laptop/desktop/..., most browsers allow you to let them remember the password for you. So you have to really enter it only the first time. Everyone who is concerned about security should be