On Tue, 1 Aug 2000 23:12:04 +1000 Chuck Dale <bug@aphid.net> wrote:
I vote to have the password facilities in Mailman toned down. I would like them removed but at least to make this optional.
Configurable is Okay -- but they're too damned useful to remove.
And definitely to make the "Send Password Reminders Every Month" option default to OFF.
Choice. I prefer them on for the reasoning below.
I say this after another month of receiving more than 10 separate password reminders. And mailman lists only account for about 1/3 of the lists I am on!
Password reminders are the most telling method to handle bounces from forwarded addresses without going for VERP. Handle the uncaught bounces from your password reminders every N months of so and you can maintain a pretty clean list without paying VERP's expense.
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