[olug] Fw: OLUG.PHPCONSULTING.COM

[Brian Roberson]

regarding the mailman option "obscure_address"  --- IT ONLY WORKS ON THE
MAILMAN GENERATED VIEW - honestly guys, noone takes into acount that when
you create a public archive - yes mailman obscures the address's....
BUT...... there is another way to get to that archives - that is to look at
the public .mbx file in entirety.... WHICH CONTAINS EVERY MESSAGE
UN-MODIFIED...


regarding the 3 passwords - yes I know it is a pain in the ass... mailman
has its *OWN* auth - phpnuke has its *OWN* auth- and shell access - well
lets see here - highly flexible but do I trust phpnuke or mailman to
generate good passwords - *NO*



yes - I have fielded this question one to many times - NO I am not trying to
be a prick - but if *ANYONE* think's you can come up with a solid solution -
lets #1 hear it and #2 be on tap for technical assistance if we implement
it....











----- Original Message ----- 
From: <thehaas at binary.net>
To: "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 10:11 AM
Subject: Re: [olug] Fw: OLUG.PHPCONSULTING.COM


> On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 09:53:25AM -0500, Brian Wiese wrote:
> > Here's an example of the spam problem I'm refering to with archiving
> > mailing lists.  I don't mind Mat hosting an archive of the mailing lists
> > publically (as we have done, and most mailing lists naturally do -- I
> > think it should serve as a resource to others), but I would certainly
> > prefer some mangling of the email addresses if possible. =)  I've
received
> > many more similar to this related more directly to our OLUG archives
> > though, and of course many from the other mailing lists I am subscribed
to
> > and have posted from.
>
> For spam, one word -- SpamAssassin.
>
> Now I'll through my hat into the ring:
>
> Mailman supports mangling of email addresses in archive.  Olug uses
> Mailman.  So why doesn't the Olug list use that functionality?  IMHO, the
> idea of having a password-protected list is when the list is a private
> list.  Olug isn't private -- anyone can join.
>
> Another point -- I have three different passwords for OLUG:
>   o www.olug.org
> o users.olug.org
> o Olug mailing list.
>
> That seems excessive to me.  I know that security is important, but so is
> ease of use for users.   I mean, I have more passwords to remember for
> OLUG than I do for work!
>
> Just my $0.02 . . .
>
> -- mikeh
>
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