[Mailman-Developers] A couple of mailman problems (minor)

[Chuq Von Rospach]

A couple of things I've noticed about mailman recently:

1) remove_members doesn't have an option to unsubscribe a user 
without sending the "goodbye" message. it's not something I need 
often, but there are times when it's necessary.

2) more serious -- I've been running into some problems with 
passwords, and I've finally tracked down a major cause of user 
confusion with passwords. Mailman passwords use random strings of 
characters, but some of the characters can be confused with each 
other by users -- specifically the one (1), the upper case I and 
lower case l, and zero (0) and upper case o. In the cases I've been 
able to resolve, the password problems that weren't caused by not 
realizing each list's password is different were caused by the l/1/I 
problem. so I'd like to suggest that mailman not use potentially 
confusing letters in their passwords.

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Chuq Von Rospach - Plaidworks Consulting (mailto:chuqui@plaidworks.com)
Apple Mail List Gnome (mailto:chuq@apple.com)

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