[Python-ideas] (meta) Mailman cleartext passwords

[Tom Hale]

When I signed up, I got an email with subject:

     Welcome to the "Python-ideas" mailing list

It included the text:

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You must know your password to change your options (including changing
the password, itself) or to unsubscribe without confirmation.  It is:

   my-cleartext-password

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This has bugged me about Mailman in the past... luckily I used a 
low-tier password for this (I know, I should use a unique password).

But some users will use a password which is valuable to them.

Should this "feature" be turned off for new subscribers?

-- 
Tom Hale