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Am 01.12.2012 um 17:57 schrieb Pat Ferrel:
I just got a reminder from the mailman-owner@drupal.org about my account settings for this mail group.
The email contained my password in clear text!!! This is completely unacceptable. • you should never save my password in clear text • you should never never send it anywhere!
This is something I'd expect from bad practices of the last century.
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