[Elecraft] Received email from qth.net containing my login email and password

[Bob Nielsen]

It is a "feature" of the Mailman mailing list software.  Many of the reflectors to which I am subscribed send these messages monthly.  It had been turned off globally at qth.net but for some reason the messages were sent out today (the one I received only showed the elecraft list).

73, Bob N7XY

On Jul 1, 2011, at 9:11 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote:

> This would be something you have to take up with QTH.com   It's not
> particular to Elecraft and is a function of the reflector software
> they are using.
> 
> 73, Guy.
> 
> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 12:01 PM, TRB <TRBPointca at aol.com> wrote:
>> Elecraft,
>> I received an email from ...qth.net that contained my login email address and password (!).
>> This is the first time I have ever received such a request. This strikes me as a very sloppy security policy.
>> Tom
>> 
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