[Discuss] VLUG Discuss - request admin change - turn off monthly password reminders

[Alan W. Irwin]

On 2020-12-01 11:13-0800 Mark G. wrote:

> Since you [Darren] have the ability to change your own option, why would
> you presume to look into the minds of the other list members
> and decide they need theirs changed also?  Very presumptuous!

Not really.

Darren is absolutely right that most modern mailing lists default to
no monthly reminder so that is what most veteran mailing-list users
expect.  For example, I subscribe to something like ~10 mailing lists
and only the vlug mailing list still defaults to a monthly reminder.
Therefore, it is worth discussing whether *this* mailing list
continues with that old-fashioned/inconvenient default that requires
every member that doesn't like that insecure monthly reminder to
change their own personal configuration.

That said, I recognize that the current score is two strongly for the
change and two strongly against with most not caring.  So unless
further strong opinion tilts a lot more toward the "for" side we
likely should just stick with the status quo even though that
old-fashioned/inconvenient approach will tend to surprise those who
are new subscribers to this list.

Alan

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