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The password section of the configuration screen provides you with two options. First, it allows you to look up your password if you have forgotten it. Note that for security purposes it will mail your password to the account that you have registered - preventing unauthorized access to your password.
The second section allows you to change your password. To change your list password you need to type in your old password once and then the new password twice. It is a good security habit to change all of your passwords once a month; it is also a good idea to change your password from the computer generated random password if you were added to the list by the list administrator.

There are two additional things that you should know about Mailman's handling of passwords. As a convenience to the user, the list manager is configured to send you a monthly reminder of the lists that you are subscribed to, the list information URLs of those lists, and your personal passwords for those lists. When you receive this reminder you do not need to do anything, but it is a good idea to keep the note in case you want to make modifications to your subscriptions. It is also important to keep in mind that you have a separate password for each of the lists that you are subscribe to, even though they may be on the same mail server. For convenience you may visit each list and set your password to something common, but changing your password on one list will not change your password on others on the same server. If you ever forget a password, remember that you can request that it be sent to you from the list information page.