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Re: Odd msg received from list

From Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Odd msg received from list
Date 2013-11-15 12:30 +1300
Message-ID <bel4phF163sU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References <mailman.2591.1384437196.18130.python-list@python.org>

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Verde Denim wrote:
> The message also listed my
> account password, which I found odd.

You mean the message contained your actual password,
in plain text? That's not just odd, it's rather worrying
for at least two reasons. First, what business does a
message like that have carrying a password, and second,
it means the server must be keeping passwords in a
readable form somewhere, which is a really bad idea.

-- 
Greg

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Odd msg received from list Verde Denim <tdldev@gmail.com> - 2013-11-14 08:53 -0500
  Re: Odd msg received from list Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-11-14 09:11 -0500
    Re: Odd msg received from list Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-15 01:26 +1100
    Re: Odd msg received from list "Gisle Vanem" <gvanem@yahoo.no> - 2013-11-14 17:02 +0100
  Re: Odd msg received from list Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2013-11-15 12:30 +1300
    Re: Odd msg received from list Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2013-11-15 20:48 +0100
    Re: Odd msg received from list Verde Denim <tdldev@gmail.com> - 2013-11-16 20:15 -0500
    Re: Odd msg received from list Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-17 12:18 +1100
    Re: Odd msg received from list Verde Denim <tdldev@gmail.com> - 2013-11-16 21:02 -0500
    Re: Odd msg received from list Ned Deily <nad@acm.org> - 2013-11-16 20:05 -0800

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