--- mailman-2.0.99-cvs020111.orig/Mailman/Defaults.py.in
+++ mailman-2.0.99-cvs020111/Mailman/Defaults.py.in
@@ -706,6 +706,11 @@
 # This variable controls whether monthly password reminders are sent.
 DEFAULT_SEND_REMINDERS = 1
 
+# 0 - yearly
+# 1 - monthly
+# 2 - quarterly
+DEFAULT_SEND_REMINDERS_FREQUENCY = 1
+
 # Send welcome messages to new users?  Probably should keep this set to 1.
 DEFAULT_SEND_WELCOME_MSG = 1
 
--- mailman-2.0.99-cvs020111.orig/Mailman/HTMLFormatter.py
+++ mailman-2.0.99-cvs020111/Mailman/HTMLFormatter.py
@@ -334,8 +334,14 @@
 
     def FormatReminder(self, lang):
         if self.send_reminders:
-            return _('Once a month, your password will be emailed to you as'
-                     ' a reminder.')
+            frequencies = [_('Once a year'), _('Once a month'),
+                           _('Once in a quarter')]
+            try:
+                frequency = self.send_reminders_frequency
+            except:
+                frequency = 1 # monthly
+            return frequencies[frequency] + \
+                    _(', your password will be emailed to you as a reminder.')
         return ''
 
     def ParseTags(self, template, replacements, lang=None):
--- mailman-2.0.99-cvs020111.orig/Mailman/MailList.py
+++ mailman-2.0.99-cvs020111/Mailman/MailList.py
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@
         self.umbrella_member_suffix = \
                 mm_cfg.DEFAULT_UMBRELLA_MEMBER_ADMIN_SUFFIX
         self.send_reminders = mm_cfg.DEFAULT_SEND_REMINDERS
+        self.send_reminders_frequency = mm_cfg.DEFAULT_SEND_REMINDERS_FREQUENCY
         self.send_welcome_msg = mm_cfg.DEFAULT_SEND_WELCOME_MSG
         self.send_goodbye_msg = mm_cfg.DEFAULT_SEND_GOODBYE_MSG
         self.bounce_matching_headers = \
--- mailman-2.0.99-cvs020111.orig/Mailman/Gui/General.py
+++ mailman-2.0.99-cvs020111/Mailman/Gui/General.py
@@ -237,6 +237,14 @@
              per month to your members.  Note that members may disable their
              own individual password reminders.''')),
 
+ 	    ('send_reminders_frequency', mm_cfg.Radio,
+             (_('Yearly'), _('Monthly'), _('Quarterly')), 0,
+ 	     _('How often should a password reminders be sent?'),
+
+             _('''Frequency with which password reminders are sent to your
+             members.  Note that members may disable their own individual
+             password reminders.''')),
+
             ('welcome_msg', mm_cfg.Text, (4, WIDTH), 0,
              _('''List-specific text prepended to new-subscriber welcome
              message'''),
--- mailman-2.0.99-cvs020111.orig/cron/crontab.in.in
+++ mailman-2.0.99-cvs020111/cron/crontab.in.in
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 0 12 * * * @PYTHON@ -S @prefix@/cron/senddigests
 #
 # 5 AM on the first of each month, mail out password reminders.
-0 5 1 * * @PYTHON@ -S @prefix@/cron/mailpasswds
+0 5 1 * * @PYTHON@ -S @prefix@/cron/mailpasswds --cron
 #
 # Every 5 mins, try to gate news to mail.  You can comment this one out
 # if you don't want to allow gating, or don't have any going on right now,
--- mailman-2.0.99-cvs020111.orig/cron/mailpasswds
+++ mailman-2.0.99-cvs020111/cron/mailpasswds
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 Options:
     -h/--help
         Print this message and exit.
+
+    -c/--cron
+        Called from cron and check for send_reminder_frequency.
 """
 
 # This puppy should probably do lots of logging.
@@ -36,6 +39,7 @@
 import os
 import errno
 import getopt
+import time
 
 import paths
 # mm_cfg must be imported before the other modules, due to the side-effect of
@@ -66,17 +70,35 @@
 
 
 
+def time_to_send_reminders(mlist):
+    try:
+        freqency = mlist.send_reminders_frequency
+    else:
+        frequency = 1 # monthly
+    month = time.localtime()[1]
+    if frequency == 1: # monthly
+        return 1
+    elif frequency == 0 and month == 1: # yearly
+        return 1
+    elif frequency == 2 and month % 3 == 1: # quarterly
+        return 1
+    return 0
+
+
 def main():
     try:
-        opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'h', ['help'])
+        opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'ch', ['cron', 'help'])
     except getopt.error, msg:
         usage(1, msg)
 
     if args:
         usage(1)
 
+    called_from_cron = 0
     for opt, arg in opts:
-        if opt in ('-h', '--help'):
+        if opt in ('-c', '--cron'):
+            called_from_cron = 1
+        elif opt in ('-h', '--help'):
             usage(0)
 
     # This is the list that all the reminders will look like they come from,
@@ -97,6 +119,8 @@
     for listname in Utils.list_names():
         mlist = MailList.MailList(listname, lock=0)
         if not mlist.send_reminders:
+            continue
+        if called_from_cron and not time_to_send_reminders(mlist):
             continue
         if mm_cfg.VIRTUAL_HOST_OVERVIEW:
             host = mlist.host_name