[Mailman-Users] password reminder for moderator?

Frank Bell frank.bell at washburn.edu
Wed Jan 11 21:26:55 CET 2012


I guess the payoff is that the software works well, is free, and 
maintained for free.
Plus, we have Mr Sapiro who nicely answers our questions for free.

Thanks Mark!!

Sorry, the response just bugged me.


On 1/11/2012 2:18 PM, Gerard Henry wrote:
> On 01/11/12 05:36 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote:
>> Gerard Henry wrote:
>>
>>> i'm using mailman 2.1.8. A user who acts as a moderator forgot his
>>> password. As administrator, i can reset a new password for the
>>> moderator, but is it possible to have a password reminder for the 
>>> moderator?
>>
>>
>> No. List admin and moderator passwords are kept in an encrypted form
>> and the plain text password is not retrievable.
>>
>
> i'm sorry if this is a newbie question, but why the moderator is not 
> taken as a member of a list? in my opinion, this is often the case, 
> isn't ? and if the moderator is also a member of the list, he has to 
> remember two different password, not very friendly
>
> gerard
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