On 12/1/11 11:11 AM, Alec Koumjian wrote:
I hadn't even noticed this until now. While I agree that honey is better
than vinegar, this is a _really_ bad problem and I understand Gary's rage.
Until someone can tinker with the mailman settings, you can disable
these reminder emails for your own account:
1. Go to http://lists.seapig.org/mailman/options/seattle-python and login
2. Find "Get password reminder email for this list?" and obviously check
"No"
3. Save settings
Might I take this chance to recommend that we switch to something a lot
more sane, like Google Groups? The fact that mailman can even retrieve
passwords in plaintext shows its age and inadequacy.
Mailman does warn you about this 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.
While I agree that it would be better to have a more secure password,
mostly there is little incentive for anyone to break in to your mailman
settings and maliciously set you to get a digest instead of a daily
email. I have been on many, many mailman lists over the last decade or
so, and have never had any problems.
cheers,
maria
