--- mailman-2.0.99b2.orig/Mailman/Gui/General.py
+++ mailman-2.0.99b2/Mailman/Gui/General.py
@@ -252,12 +252,13 @@
 
             _('Notifications'),
 
-            ('send_reminders', mm_cfg.Radio, (_('No'), _('Yes')), 0,
-             _('''Send monthly password reminders?'''),
+ 	    ('send_reminders', mm_cfg.Radio,
+             (_('No'), _('Monthly'), _('Quarterly'), _('Yearly')), 0,
+             _('''Send monthly password reminders, and how often?'''),
 
-             _('''Turn this on if you want password reminders to be sent once
-             per month to your members.  Note that members may disable their
-             own individual password reminders.''')),
+             _('''Turn this on if you want password reminders to be sent to
+             your members monthly, quaterly or yearly.  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
--- mailman-2.0.99b2.orig/Mailman/Defaults.py.in
+++ mailman-2.0.99b2/Mailman/Defaults.py.in
@@ -786,6 +786,10 @@
 DEFAULT_UMBRELLA_MEMBER_ADMIN_SUFFIX = "-owner"
 
 # This variable controls whether monthly password reminders are sent.
+# 0 - no reminders
+# 1 - monthly
+# 2 - quarterly
+# 3 - yearly
 DEFAULT_SEND_REMINDERS = 1
 
 # Send welcome messages to new users?  Probably should keep this set to 1.
--- mailman-2.0.99b2.orig/Mailman/HTMLFormatter.py
+++ mailman-2.0.99b2/Mailman/HTMLFormatter.py
@@ -334,9 +334,12 @@
         return '<INPUT type="Submit" name="%s" value="%s">' % (name, text)
 
     def FormatReminder(self, lang):
-        if self.send_reminders:
-            return _('Once a month, your password will be emailed to you as'
-                     ' a reminder.')
+        if self.send_reminders in (1, 2, 3):
+            frequencies = [_('Once a month'),
+                           _('Once in a quarter'),
+                           _('Once in a year')]
+            return frequencies[self.send_reminders - 1] + \
+                    _(', your password will be emailed to you as a reminder.')
         return ''
 
     def ParseTags(self, template, replacements, lang=None):
--- mailman-2.0.99b2.orig/cron/crontab.in.in
+++ mailman-2.0.99b2/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-2.0.99b2.orig/cron/mailpasswds
+++ mailman-2.0.99b2/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
@@ -68,17 +72,32 @@
 
 
 
+def time_to_send_reminders(mlist):
+    freqency = mlist.send_reminders
+    month = time.localtime()[1]
+    if frequency == 1: # monthly
+        return 1
+    elif frequency == 2 and month % 3 == 1: # quarterly
+        return 1
+    elif frequency == 3 and month == 1: # yearly
+        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,
@@ -98,7 +117,9 @@
     byhost = {}
     for listname in Utils.list_names():
         mlist = MailList.MailList(listname, lock=0)
-        if not mlist.send_reminders:
+        if mlist.send_reminders == 0:
+            continue
+        if called_from_cron and not time_to_send_reminders(mlist):
             continue
         if mm_cfg.VIRTUAL_HOST_OVERVIEW:
             host = mlist.host_name