[Mailman-Developers] Hashing member passwords in config.pck

[Adrian Bye]

> Since Mailman 2.1, passwords have not been required to 
> unsubscribe, even though it is a common misconception that 
> they are.  I'm not sure why people forget that!
> 
> Actually, I think that if we just shut off the monthly 
> reminder, 99% of Mailman users would never even know they had 
> a password (who reads those welcome messages anyway?).  They 
> wouldn't care either because most people don't change their 
> options and private archives aren't as common as public archives.

That sounds to me like the best of both worlds.  Set it up so that no password
is noticed for subscribing or unsubscribing.  The password could be made
completely transparent.  Advanced users can access their password if they choose
to do so for list archives, etc.

Adrian