[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] low security on this club mailing list reflector - any concerns?

[Samudra Haque]

also, I did find this gem, my account is set to :YES, so theoretically
I *should
*have been receiving my own messages.

*Receive your own posts to the list?*

Ordinarily, you will get a copy of every message you post to the list. If
you don't want to receive this copy, set this option to *No*.

And I had this set to NO, but I do get acknowledgements.

*Receive acknowledgement mail when you send mail to the list?*

Perhaps there are global overrides on the mailman host?


73 de N3RDX

On Tue, Oct 3, 2023 at 2:06 PM Samudra Haque <samudra.haque at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I thank Ian N8IK and Don KI4D for diagnosing my issues with the mailing
> list. Nothing was wrong with the list, it's just that I didn't realize my
> messages that I sent into the list would not be reflected back to me, and
> that I would have to go to my sent folder to see them sent INTO the list.
> So, not like it's a "repeater" or something and pressing the TX button
> gives you a satisfying kerchunk when your RX works - but that's what i had
> been expecting.
>
> Hello All ARC. Hope to meet you on air soon.
>
> But at the same time i wanted to go look at older messages - and found to
> my amazement that the original message I used to sign on (with a password
> embedded in clear text) is still in my gmail inbox, and is still the only
> way I can get access to the mailman, and then I can see all the private
> e-mail addresses of all the subs of Alexandria Radio Club. That means,
> there is no 2FA (two factor authentication), no privacy (if someone finds
> an old password they get in) and no real way to change it, as once you
> change it, "mailman" sends you a copy of that letter, *with the password
> in plaintext*.
>
> If it costs money to change over to a more secure platform, I want to
> help, or perhaps there is a newer version of mailmain in the modern era?
>
> That password I was able to find,(in plaintext)  was set in
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2009 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> 2023 - 2009 = 14 years ago.
>
> 73 de Samudra N3RDX
>