[EL] A note about election law listserv passwords

[David A. Holtzman]

As an aid in finding it, know that the subject of that email is:

"department-lists.uci.edu mailing list memberships reminder".

It is not prefaced by an "[EL] ".
Geekily Yours,
   - dah


On 2/1/2017 4:58 PM, Rick Hasen wrote:
>
> Today is the first of the month, and each month on the first of the 
> month you receive an automated email message about your listserv 
> subscription (which you can use to change addresses, unsubscribe, etc.)
>
> Within that email message is a reminder of the password which you have 
> used to access these features on the list.  That password is sent in 
> an unencrypted way.  Anyone who sees that email can see your password.
>
> There’s no way for us to turn off this feature sending the password 
> other than to stop the monthly reminders---which I would rather not 
> do, because then I would get even more questions about how to change 
> addresses, unsubscribe, etc.
>
> So…..whatever password you use for the listserv should be unique to 
> the listserv, and not a password (or like a password) you use for more 
> sensitive websites.
>
> Please let me know if you have any questions, and thanks to a list 
> member for bringing this up.
>
> Rick
>
> -- 
>
> Rick Hasen
>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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