Password in mailing list memberships reminder

David Stibbe dstibbe at gmail.com
Wed Dec 1 07:02:58 PST 2010


I just got a mailinglist reminder, which is a very kind service.
However, at the bottom of the message I found this:

> ....
> If you have questions, problems, comments, etc, send them to
> mailman-owner at openjdk.java.net.  Thanks!
>
> Passwords for dstibbe at gmail.com:
>
> List                                     Password // URL
> ----                                     --------
> lambda-dev at openjdk.java.net              ******
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/options/lambda-dev/dstibbe%40gmail.com
>

( Password was *-ed by me.)

Why on earth is de mailinglist sending me my password in PLAINTEXT in
a REMINDER?
Why does it even know what my plaintext password is?

When is openjdk planning to fix this amateuristic setup?


Kind regards,
David


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