Re: Passwords in plain text

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Ah I see.  That said, this email wasn't a password reminder.  It was a
"your membership has been disabled" email.

On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 2:36 PM, Keith Keller <
kkeller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 2018-06-15, rj coleman <rjcdevelop@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Am I the only one who just received this email from this group?  Which
> came with my password in the email in plain text?
>
> This is a standard feature of GNU Mailman.  You can disable the monthly
> password reminder in your user preferences (which is the same place you
> can change your password, if you are concerned that it was sniffed
> during the SMTP exchange).
>
> The Mailman signup page warns you that the password will be emailed:
>
> "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."
>
> --keith
>
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