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KEVIN MCKENZIE <[log in to unmask]>
Thu, 26 Aug 1999 19:36:13 -0400
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Would work the same way, just replace the list password with the personal
password.  Shouldn't make a difference.

Kevin.



At 02:52 PM 8/26/99 -0600, you wrote:
>On Thu, 26 Aug 1999 15:42:00 -0400, KEVIN MCKENZIE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >Ok, set the HTML front-end of the CGI to ask for the list owners email
> >address, and also to ask for the password of the list.
>
>This is precisely the form of login required by the LISTSERV www interface
>(fully introduced in the recently released Ver 1.8d).  However, LIST passwords
>were declared obsolete with the introduction of LISTSERV Ver 1.8c about 2 1/2
>years ago.  They are still accepted, for backwards compatibility reasons (for
>now), but they were replaced by Personal Passwords (i.e. a separate individual
>password that each user registers by themself directly with LISTSERV).  For
>obvious security advantages, Personal Passwords are preferred over the
>obsolete
>List Password, which should no longer be used.

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