[Gate-users] Stop sending plain text passwords!

[Lydia Maigne]

Dear Ben, dear Gate-users,

We modified mailman functionalities in order you do not receive anymore the passwords of your different Gate list ownership each month. 

Best regards

Lydia

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Lydia Maigne, PhD
Spokesperson of the OpenGATE collaboration
www.opengatecollaboration.org

Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont
UMR 6533 CNRS/IN2P3 - Université Clermont Auvergne

Campus Universitaire des Cézeaux
4, avenue Blaise Pascal
TSA 60026
CS 60026
63178 - Aubière Cedex
FRANCE

Tel: (33) (0) 4 73 40 51 23
email: Lydia.Maigne at clermont.in2p3.fr
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> Le 3 sept. 2019 à 10:48, Ben Pietras <ben.pietras at manchester.ac.uk> a écrit :
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Please stop sending passwords monthly in plain text! If the user forgets their password, set up an reset link system. Very bad practice!
> 
> Best regards,
> Ben
> 
> https://blog.sanebox.com/2017/08/23/sending-passwords-via-email-why-its-a-bad-idea-and-what-to-do-instead/
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>   Ben Pietras <ben.pietras at manchester.ac.uk>
>   School of Natural Sciences,   Tel.  0161-275-4231
>   The University of Manchester, Fax. 0161-275-5509
>   Manchester, M13 9PL.
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> ________________________________________
> From: Mailman [mailman-bounces at lists.opengatecollaboration.org] on behalf of mailman-owner at lists.opengatecollaboration.org [mailman-owner at lists.opengatecollaboration.org]
> Sent: 01 September 2019 04:00
> To: Ben Pietras
> Subject: lists.opengatecollaboration.org mailing list memberships reminder
> 
> This is a reminder, sent out once a month, about your
> lists.opengatecollaboration.org mailing list memberships.  It includes
> your subscription info and how to use it to change it or unsubscribe
> from a list.
> 
> You can visit the URLs to change your membership status or
> configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery
> or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on.
> 
> In addition to the URL interfaces, you can also use email to make such
> changes.  For more info, send a message to the '-request' address of
> the list (for example,
> mailman-request at lists.opengatecollaboration.org) containing just the
> word 'help' in the message body, and an email message will be sent to
> you with instructions.
> 
> If you have questions, problems, comments, etc, send them to
> mailman-owner at lists.opengatecollaboration.org.  Thanks!
> 
> Passwords for ben.pietras at manchester.ac.uk:
> 
> List                                     Password // URL
> ----                                     --------
> gate-users at lists.opengatecollaboration.org
>          REDACTED!!!
> http://lists.opengatecollaboration.org/mailman/options/gate-users/ben.pietras%40manchester.ac.uk
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