Mailman question

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

This is routinely done. In this case it's reasonably innocuous. But, for 
many web sites, if you forget your password, they email it to you.
On 1 Nov 2001, at 16:13, John Chambers wrote:

> 
> Another question:  I just got a message from the list  software  that
> included  my  id  and  password.  I've been noticing that a number of
> lists are now doing this. Somehow, sending an id and password through
> email  in  the  clear  seems  to  be  defeating the very concept of a
> password. I'd assume that it's now known to every spy agency, cracker
> and spammer on the Net ...
> 
> 
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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Associate Director
Boston Linux and Unix user group
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