Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-security (196 mails)

["Carlos E. R." <robin1.listas@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The Sunday 2004-10-24 at 19:28 -0000, suse@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> If the mailing list is going to be altered, why can't we
> have a randomly generated *graphical* password displayed on
> the subscription page, that needs to be read by a real
> person, and then typed into a password box, to confirm
> subscription to the list.

I think the confirmation has be done by email, for two reasons: one is to 
check that the subscription email really works, and two, because it is not 
proper to force using a browser to subscribe to a mail list.

-- 
Cheers,
       Carlos Robinson