On 8/1/2014 9:11 AM, Peter Brooks wrote:

Does anybody know why mailman stores passwords in clear text?

Because it was easy?

http://wiki.list.org/display/DOC/Mailman+2.1+Members+Manual
6 Passwords
Do NOT use a valuable password for Mailman, since it can be sent in plain text to you.

Are there any plans to tighten the security up?
http://wiki.list.org/display/DEV/Mailman+3.0


Later,

z!

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