[Mailman-Developers] RE: dont request passwords from web subscriber patch

Fil fil@bok.net
Thu, 17 Feb 2000 09:59:49 +0100


* Lee Weston (lee@ufojoe.com) écrivait :
> Fri, 7 Jan 2000 14:58:16 +0100 (MET)
> Fil fil@bok.net wrote:
> >
> >could the maintainers tell me if this patch is accepted or rejected ?
> >Patch name    : dont request passwords from web subscriber
> 
> I'm sorry to see no answer.  I will be looking at adding it.

> An "only allow random password" mode would have the benifit of
> substiantially raising the bar for writting cgi to raid / spam a site, by
> making them parse email as well.

That's right. From several messages in the preceding week it looks like
there's interest in this kind of patch ; certainly the patch I have submited
is not complete enough. So let's look at it as a feature request./