Re: Password In The Clear

2013-07-19 Thread poma
On 19.07.2013 20:52, Mark LaPierre wrote: … > Does anyone else question the wisdom of sending out passwords "in the > clear" in unencrypted email? http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/security.html poma -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription o

Re: Password In The Clear

2013-07-19 Thread Lars Seipel
On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 02:52:56PM -0400, Mark LaPierre wrote: > Does anyone else question the wisdom of sending out passwords "in > the clear" in unencrypted email? Wise or not, the sign-up form states that pretty clearly: > Do not use a valuable password as it will occasionally be emailed back

Re: Password In The Clear

2013-07-19 Thread Joe Zeff
On 07/19/2013 03:15 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote: I figured that, since mailman sent my password in the clear, I would take the opportunity to change my password. The password in the email was my old password. That's what I thought, but it was worth asking, Just In Case. -- users mailing list users

Re: Password In The Clear

2013-07-19 Thread Mark LaPierre
On 07/19/2013 03:05 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 07/19/2013 11:52 AM, Mark LaPierre wrote: Does anyone else question the wisdom of sending out passwords "in the clear" in unencrypted email? I'm not going to check, but I do hope that you didn't sent your real password to the entire list. No, I'm

Re: Password In The Clear

2013-07-19 Thread Matthew Miller
On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 02:52:56PM -0400, Mark LaPierre wrote: > Does anyone else question the wisdom of sending out passwords "in > the clear" in unencrypted email? This is a known problem with mailman. However, it's actually not as bad as it sounds -- or rather, it's worse than you think, and ma

Re: Password In The Clear

2013-07-19 Thread Joe Zeff
On 07/19/2013 11:52 AM, Mark LaPierre wrote: Does anyone else question the wisdom of sending out passwords "in the clear" in unencrypted email? I'm not going to check, but I do hope that you didn't sent your real password to the entire list. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.