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archaur · 2024-12-06 08:53:41

Welcome to Arch Linux Forums! by Arch Linux Forums Mailer <noreply@archlinux.org> sends passwords in plain text.

Lone_Wolf · 2024-12-06 10:25:01

Is the connection between your mail client and your mail hoster secure ?
Does the mail hoster use secure connections to communicate with other mail servers ?

If yes, only people with access to your email client or employees of the mail hoster could potentially see it.
I expect you do trust those 2 groups ?

In case your mail client / mail hoster don't use secure connections, you are likely to have much bigger security problems then 1 password sent in plain text.

WorMzy · 2024-12-06 11:03:11

Change the password when you first log in.

seth · 2024-12-06 15:09:23

If yes, only people with access to your email client or employees of the mail hoster could potentially see it.

Does the mail hoster use secure connections to communicate with other mail servers ?

Mail is only point to point when it's encrypted. Otherwise a random amount of people have read it.

The standard procedure is a convenience thing that weighs: "How much effort is it to steal this account and how much time do you have before the legit owner changes their password" against "wtf do you do with a brand new forum account?"

It might be beneficial for the forum however if it'd require you to post a public key on registration because that forces people to setup s/mime|gpg mail and drastically raise the level of the board

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