Re: [ADMIN] Monthly Mailing List Membership Reminders

Dropping the reminder isn't a problem for me as I use 1Password

Sincerely,
Dennis B. Swaney

"Cogito Ergo Mac"


On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 9:27 AM Grant Hutchinson <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello everyone.
>
> A list member brought to my attention that the monthly membership reminder
> emails that you receive contain your list password in plain text. While
> I’ve known about this “feature” of the Mailman mailing list software for
> years, I’ve never paid much attention to the potential security risks it
> presents.
>
> I have a couple of options to address this issue:
>
> 1) Determine whether the reminder email template can be modified to remove
> the password information
>
> ... or ...
>
> 2) Disable the monthly reminders altogether
>
> The simplest solution is to disable the reminders, but I wanted to check
> with you folks first.
>
> Do any of you find value in these reminder emails?
>
>
> g.
>
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> NewtonTalk List Dad & Interweb Custodian
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