[sf-lug] Yes, Mailman stores and sends the passwords in the clear: Re: Anyone here had any contact with Linu xChix.org?

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Ehud Kaldor (ehud.kaldor at gmail.com):

> The problem of resetting password has been solved a long time ago (and
> relies on email!) so this feature is not really clear to me.
> 
> I have no problem with periodic email. it is the practice of sending
> passwords I was bringing up.

Honestly, all I have is what I think are reasonable surmises about the
reasons for that feature, e.g., my sense is that the (default) periodic 
reminder mails produce the benefits I mentioned upthread.  If you really
want the developers' take on that, though, there's no substitute for
asking them.  (The lead developer is Mark Sapiro.)

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