Ben Finney ben+em...@benfinney.id.au writes:
Carsten Dominik carsten.domi...@gmail.com writes:
If you are reading emacs-orgmode.org through gmane, please read this
new FAQ to help take load off the maintainers.
http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php#ml-subscription-and-gmane
A large part of
Tyler Smith tyler.sm...@eku.edu writes:
Ben Finney ben+em...@benfinney.id.au writes:
A large part of my reason for reading via Gmane is to avoid yet
another set of authentication credentials. Especially one that I
never use; that's a security nightmare waiting to happen. So I'm not
Ben Finney ben+em...@benfinney.id.au writes:
Since it's an infrequently-to-never accessed service, it's an
unreasonable burden to expect the user to maintain unique passphrases
for every such service. If for this list, why not for every such list?
It's easy to maintain unique passphrases, and
Sebastian Rose sebastian_r...@gmx.de writes:
Ben Finney ben+em...@benfinney.id.au writes:
Since it's an infrequently-to-never accessed service, it's an
unreasonable burden to expect the user to maintain unique
passphrases for every such service. If for this list, why not for
every such
Ben Finney ben+em...@benfinney.id.au wrote:
A large part of my reason for reading via Gmane is to avoid yet
another set of authentication credentials. Especially one that I
never use; that's a security nightmare waiting to happen. So I'm not
interested in increasing my security exposure
Ben Finney ben+em...@benfinney.id.au wrote:
Tyler Smith tyler.sm...@eku.edu writes:
Ben Finney ben+em...@benfinney.id.au writes:
A large part of my reason for reading via Gmane is to avoid yet
another set of authentication credentials. Especially one that I
never use; that's a
On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:02:50 +1000
Ben Finney ben+em...@benfinney.id.au wrote:
[...]
For an infrequently-to-never used passphrase, one of two things is the
case: either it's unique, or it is identical to the passphrase that
accesses some other set of services for the user.
Since it's an
The sensible policy, therefore, is to cull the proliferation of such
passphrase-requiring infrequently-to-never-accessed accounts. Which, in
turn, means saying a polite “no thank you” to most requests to set up
new accounts.
OK - there _must_ be a missunderstanding...
The sensible thing
Ben Finney ben+em...@benfinney.id.au writes:
Sebastian Rose sebastian_r...@gmx.de writes:
Ben Finney ben+em...@benfinney.id.au writes:
Since it's an infrequently-to-never accessed service, it's an
unreasonable burden to expect the user to maintain unique
passphrases for every such
Sebastian Rose sebastian_r...@gmx.de writes:
OK - there _must_ be a missunderstanding...
Quite probably. But I don't wish to make further noise about a topic
most here likely don't care much about, so I will try to make this my
last message in this thread unless new information comes to light.
Thanks Carsten for this good advice!
I already use the setup with gmane and a mail list subscription without
mail delivery and it works great.
A tip:
To easily(?) subscribe to the list and set the option to note receive
mail.
1. Send a subscription request to the lists request-address.
Carsten Dominik carsten.domi...@gmail.com writes:
If you are reading emacs-orgmode.org through gmane, please read this
new FAQ to help take load off the maintainers.
http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php#ml-subscription-and-gmane
A large part of my reason for reading via Gmane is to avoid yet
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