I have to convert all of our Majordomo lists to Mailman. I have some questions about the subscriber passwords.

For each list I convert, I will be taking the existing Majordomo list subscriber e-mail addresses and doing a "Mass Subscription" via the Mailman list administrator web page.

1. If I send welcome messages to the subscribers, then each subscriber will get a randomly generated password in the welcome message. If I choose not to send the welcome message, then is there a password generated? If so, how does the subscriber authenticate to the web page in order to update his/her subscription options?

2. In the initial lists I will be converting, there are persons who are subscribed to multiple lists. These subscribers will receive a different password for each list, if I send welcome messages. Is there a way of synchronizing the passwords? From my reading of the FAQ and looking at the web page, a subscriber can use one of the lists and the randomly generated password in the welcome message, go to the web, and globally change the passwords for all of his/her lists. I would prefer to have some way of generating a random password for a user for the first list to which he/she is subscribed, and then to use the same password for the subsequent lists, as I convert them.

Thanks.

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