Odhiambo Washington writes:
On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 8:21 PM Mark Sapiro <mark@msapiro.net> wrote:
On 2/2/23 06:29, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
Does MM3 send these monthly subscription reminders the way MM2 used to do? I am looking for the setting, but can't find that in the list settings.
No, it does not.
The rationale behind the decision to toss away that feature? Security??
For the passwords, yes. It was frequently reported as a bug, in fact. Mostly the reminders generate requests to know how to shut them off. You're the first in probably a decade who's asked how to turn them on!
While in theory we could protect in transit with SMTP over TLS, we can't guarantee end-to-end encryption (eg, if there's a .forward at the subscribed address), and while TLS is widely implemented, it's still not universal. And there's no way to protect unencrypted email from admins at the receiving host. Receiving encrypted email is pretty much not implemented at all, except in some specialized communities. Also, now that passwords (if they're used) are attributes of Users who may have several Addresses and worse, they may have admin privileges. So Mailman 3 passwords are generally higher value than in Mailman 2.
I can imagine a use for the list of subscriptions part that a few users might like, but most folks would prefer not to get another regular mailing.
Steve