Re: [arch-general] [aur-general] lists.archlinux.org mailing list memberships reminder

2014-10-01 Thread Jens Adam 
Wed, 1 Oct 2014 13:08:44 +0100
Leonidas Spyropoulos :
> 
> I noticed the message contain the password in plain text. Is this
> possible to be removed?

That's an age-old issue with Mailman and will finally be remedied with
Mailman version 3.x.

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Re: [arch-general] [aur-general] lists.archlinux.org mailing list memberships reminder

2014-10-01 Thread Sebastiaan Lokhorst 
2014-10-01 14:24 GMT+02:00 Marcel Korpel :

> Even if it's removed, it means that mailman stores passwords in plain
> text, which is a bad thing.
>
> Regards,
> Marcel
>

>From the mailman page:

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.

Re: [arch-general] [aur-general] lists.archlinux.org mailing list memberships reminder

2014-10-01 Thread Marcel Korpel 
* Leonidas Spyropoulos  (Wed, 1 Oct 2014 13:08:44
+0100):
> I noticed the message contain the password in plain text. Is this
> possible to be removed?

Even if it's removed, it means that mailman stores passwords in plain
text, which is a bad thing.

Regards,
Marcel

Re: [arch-general] [aur-general] lists.archlinux.org mailing list memberships reminder

2014-10-01 Thread Leonidas Spyropoulos 
On 01/10/14, Florian Pritz wrote:
> On 01.10.2014 09:09, Florian Bruhin wrote:
> > * Martti Kühne  [2014-10-01 08:51:35 +0200]:
> >> This is news to me. I never got this kind of stuff from this mailing list.
> > 
> > This is a standard mailman message - maybe they changed the setting
> > lately?
> 
> I moved mailman to a new server and it looks like the old one never ran
> mailman cronjobs (the new one does). That said, yes it is a standard
> message and it defaults to being enabled, but since nobody complained
> before we've disabled it again for our lists.
> 
> 

I noticed the message contain the password in plain text. Is this
possible to be removed?

Thanks,
Leonidas

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Re: [arch-general] [aur-general] lists.archlinux.org mailing list memberships reminder

2014-10-01 Thread Florian Pritz 
On 01.10.2014 09:09, Florian Bruhin wrote:
> * Martti Kühne  [2014-10-01 08:51:35 +0200]:
>> This is news to me. I never got this kind of stuff from this mailing list.
> 
> This is a standard mailman message - maybe they changed the setting
> lately?

I moved mailman to a new server and it looks like the old one never ran
mailman cronjobs (the new one does). That said, yes it is a standard
message and it defaults to being enabled, but since nobody complained
before we've disabled it again for our lists.




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