On Wed, 2 Jan 2019 15:14:44 -0500 Tim <termtech@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >On 1/2/19 2:47 PM, Jeremy Jongepier wrote: >> On 1/2/19 4:38 PM, mailing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I've a question. >>> The List-System is sending the reminder once a month. >>> It includes the password unencrypted. >>> Is this a good idea? >> >> From a security point of view no. You can't fully trust the path your >> mails are traveling. And if your fetching your mail with standard IMAP >> on port 143 or even POP3 then it's definitely insecure. We could disable >> this feature, I'd be very much in favor for doing so. >> >> Jeremy >> > >Although LA* are relatively safe lists and I'm not sure the damage > someone could do with my passwords, I'll tip my hat ++ in favour > of doing that. As long as we have standard 'forgot your password?' > retrieval, I hope we would all be OK with this logical move. > >Tim. Yes. I'd be quite happy with that. -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
