[Mailman-Users] FAQ? Mailman without passwords.

[Dan Mick]

Jerry, I assume that what this does is "give everyone the same
password", yes?  That's not quite "disabling passwords", although
it's perhaps useful...

> This is my password hack it seems to work.
> 
> In the directory home/mailman/Mailman/ there is a file called Utils.py.
> 
> on line 567 or around there you will see:
> 
> def MakeRandomPassword(length=4):
>     password = ""
>     while len(password) < length:
>         password = password + GetRandomSeed()
>     password = password[:length]
>     return password
> 
> insert a value for password that you will give to all of you members.
> Something intuitive like e-mail or mail, or whatever. Then comment out the
> following lines:
> 
> #    while len(password) < length:
> #        password = password + GetRandomSeed()
> #    password = password[:length]
> 
> 
>   This only really works when the bulk of your people subscribe and
> unsubscribe via e-mail. I haven't had the time to figure out how to insert
> the generic password into the web interface.  If you can please E-mail me.
> 
> Good Luck,
> Jerry
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailman-users-admin at python.org
> [mailto:mailman-users-admin at python.org]On Behalf Of Oliver Gassner
> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 6:08 AM
> To: mailman-users at python.org
> Subject: [Mailman-Users] FAQ? Mailman without passwords.
> 
> 
> 
> HI,
> 
> I am sure this is a FAQ but could someone direct me to the
> answer?
> 
> Is it possible to oparate mailman without subscriber-passwords?
> 
> Some newbies react badly to someone sending them passwords every
> month or forget them or or or.
> 
> OG
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