Apparently no need to "send code". Mailman project claims this is fixed in development version 3 (not yet released) discussion on plain text passwords http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2010-July/069844.html project todo list http://wiki.list.org/display/DEV/Mailman+3.0 (down under privacy, claims passwords will not be /en clair/) On Nov 2, 2012, at 11:24 AM, John Levine wrote: > In article <5092D99F.3070601@xxxxxxxxx> you write: >> Why does the "mailing list memberships reminder" send passwords in the >> clear? > > Because that's what Mailman does. Send code. > > -- > Regards, > John Levine, johnl@xxxxxxxx, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", > Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. http://jl.ly