[Mageia-discuss] Mailing list migration: this list is closing

Mon Apr 8 01:29:05 CEST 2013

On Sun, 07 Apr 2013 18:53:33 -0400, <bschroeder at internode.on.net> wrote:
+
+> I'm afraid this move is sounding very Apple-ish or Microsoft-ish. It comes across as rude and arrogant towards anyone who does not want
+> to toe the company line for whatever reason.
+>
+> Brian.
+
+The reason the mailing lists provided by the ml.mageia.org server
+require the use of the identity account, is for security.
+
+The passwords associated with the identity account are stored in
+an ldap database, properly encrypted with a salt.
+
+The old mailing lists used software that kept the password stored
+in plain text, as you can tell from the monthly reminder messages
+it sent out.
+
+We don't want plain test passwords stored on our servers.
+
+While it would have been possible to automatically generate identity
+accounts from the registration information stored by the mailman
+software, it's preferable to be up front an honest about what's being
+done, and let people decide for themselves if they want to create such
+an account.
+
+Regards, Dave Hodgins
+