[Liverpool] Liverpool LUG October meeting - Wed Oct 3rd from 7pm

[Dan Lynch]

That is strange behaviour indeed. To have it email passwords out in plain
text with membership reminders. I will post to the lugmaster list and ask
about this.

Thanks,

Dan


On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Hartley, Daniel <
D.R.T.Hartley at liverpool.ac.uk> wrote:

>  Just forwarded the email I received this morning...
>
> I did not request any reminder or anything, and have had no interaction
> with lug.org.uk recently. I guess it is a general protocol they follow.
> Just to keep us on our toes.
>
>   dhartley.net
>  <http://www.dhartley.net>
>    ------------------------------
> *From:* liverpool-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk [
> liverpool-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] on behalf of Dan Lynch [
> dan at danlynch.org]
> *Sent:* 01 October 2012 14:28
>
> *To:* Liverpool Linux User Group
> *Subject:* Re: [Liverpool] Liverpool LUG October meeting - Wed Oct 3rd
> from 7pm
>
>  Your password was emailed you in plain text this morning? Did you
> request an email reminder or something? Lug.org.uk run the Mailman
> software so we should let them know if things like this are happening. Well
> spotted.
>
> They don't seem to have a valid certificate for the server which is crazy.
> I will be discuss it with them.
>
> Thanks for letting me know,
>
> Dan
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Hartley, Daniel <
> D.R.T.Hartley at liverpool.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>>  Hi luggers,
>>
>> I was surprised to see that my password for Livlug membership or
>> something or other was sent in plain text and arrived in my email box this
>> morning. Slightly disconcerting security issue.
>>
>> See you Weds I think!
>>
>> dan
>>
>>   dhartley.net
>>  <http://www.dhartley.net>
>>    ------------------------------
>> *From:* liverpool-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk [
>> liverpool-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] on behalf of Dan Lynch [
>> dan at danlynch.org]
>> *Sent:* 01 October 2012 14:01
>> *To:* Liverpool Linux User Group
>> *Subject:* Re: [Liverpool] Liverpool LUG October meeting - Wed Oct 3rd
>> from 7pm
>>
>>   Just as a quick follow up some people have asked me how to leave the
>> mailing list. If you're reading this and don't want to we're not trying to
>> keep you against your will.
>>
>> Here's a guide on what you need to do:
>> http://www.list.org/mailman-member/node14.html
>>
>> The page you need to visit for LivLUG to complete this guide is -
>> http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/liverpool
>>
>> I hope there aren't a lot of people looking to get off the list but I
>> wanted to share the information anyway. I'll look to get it on our website
>> as well.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Dan
>>
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