A real fix for the problem where: import random would result in every call to random() returning the same value in the web interface. While cgi/client.py:Client::__init.py__ was calling random.seed(), on most systems random was SystemRandom and not the default random. As a result the random as you would get from: import random was never being seeded. I added a function to access and seed the random bound instance of random.Random that is called during init. This fixes all three places where I saw the broken randomness. It should also fix: http://psf.upfronthosting.co.za/roundup/meta/issue644 I also removed the prior code that would bail if systemRandom was not available.

--- a/roundup/mailgw.py	Sat Jul 07 22:39:16 2018 -0400
+++ b/roundup/mailgw.py	Sun Jul 08 11:34:42 2018 -0400
@@ -95,19 +95,10 @@
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext'
 
 import string, re, os, mimetools, cStringIO, smtplib, socket, binascii, quopri
-import time, sys, logging
+import time, random, sys, logging
 import traceback
 import email.utils
 
-try: 
-    # Use the cryptographic source of randomness if available
-    from random import SystemRandom
-    random=SystemRandom()
-except ImportError:
-    raise
-    from random import Random
-    random=Random()
-
 from anypy.email_ import decode_header
 
 from roundup import configuration, hyperdb, date, password, exceptions