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6.2 How do I change my password?</A>
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<span class="warning"><b class="label">Warning:</b>
Do NOT use a valuable password, since this
password may be mailed to you in plain text. </span>
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From the web interface:
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<LI>Log in to your member options page. (See Section <A HREF="node9.html#sec:web">3.1</A> for
instructions on how to do this.)
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<LI>Look for the password changing boxes on the right-hand side of the
page and enter your new password in the appropriate boxes, then press the
button marked ``Change My Password.''
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This can also be changed for multiple lists at the same time if you are subscribed to
more than one list on the same domain. See Section <A HREF="node34.html#sec:global">10.1</A> for
information about changing settings globally.
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From the email interface:
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<LI>Send a mail to <span class="email">LISTNAME-request@DOMAIN</span> with the command
<var>password <SPAN CLASS="MATH"><IMG
WIDTH="16" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="MIDDLE" BORDER="0"
SRC="img1.gif"
ALT="$<$"></SPAN>OLDPASSWORD<SPAN CLASS="MATH"><IMG
WIDTH="16" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="MIDDLE" BORDER="0"
SRC="img2.gif"
ALT="$>$"></SPAN> <SPAN CLASS="MATH"><IMG
WIDTH="16" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="MIDDLE" BORDER="0"
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ALT="$<$"></SPAN>NEWPASSWORD<SPAN CLASS="MATH"><IMG
WIDTH="16" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="MIDDLE" BORDER="0"
SRC="img2.gif"
ALT="$>$"></SPAN></var>.
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Commands can appear
in either the body or the subject of the message. (See
Section <A HREF="node10.html#sec:email">3.2</A> for more information about sending mail
commands.)
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If you are not sending mail from your membership address, you can also
specify this address with <var>address=<SPAN CLASS="MATH"><IMG
WIDTH="16" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="MIDDLE" BORDER="0"
SRC="img1.gif"
ALT="$<$"></SPAN>ADDRESS<SPAN CLASS="MATH"><IMG
WIDTH="16" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="MIDDLE" BORDER="0"
SRC="img2.gif"
ALT="$>$"></SPAN></var> after <SPAN CLASS="MATH"><IMG
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ALT="$<$"></SPAN>NEWPASSWORD<SPAN CLASS="MATH"><IMG
WIDTH="16" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="MIDDLE" BORDER="0"
SRC="img2.gif"
ALT="$>$"></SPAN>.
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For example, if <span class="email">kathy@here.com</span> wanted to change her <var>mylist</var>
password from <var>zirc</var> to <var>miko</var>, but she was sending mail from
her work address <span class="email">kathy@work.com</span>, she could send a message
to <span class="email">mylist-request@example.com</span> with the subject set to
<var>password zirc miko address=kathy@here.com</var>.
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