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Re: mailing list memberships reminder -> passwords in the clear

2012-11-02 11:56:55
Apparently no need to "send code".  Mailman project claims this is fixed in 
development version 3 (not yet released)

discussion on plain text passwords
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2010-July/069844.html

project todo list
http://wiki.list.org/display/DEV/Mailman+3.0
(down under privacy, claims passwords will not be /en clair/)

On Nov 2, 2012, at 11:24 AM, John Levine wrote:

In article <5092D99F(_dot_)3070601(_at_)cisco(_dot_)com> you write:
Why does the "mailing list memberships reminder" send passwords in the 
clear?

Because that's what Mailman does.  Send code.

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