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Josef Karthauser joe
Thu Jul 22 19:17:52 BST 1999


On Thu, Jul 22, 1999 at 07:13:48PM +0100, Martin Hopkins wrote:
> >>>>> "Josef" == Josef Karthauser <joe at pavilion.net> writes:
> 
>     Josef> On Thu, Jul 22, 1999 at 12:12:36PM +0100, Brian Somers wrote:
>     >> > Which POP3 server would you recommend?
>     >> 
>     >> [q]popper from the ports is good - and it supports apop (which kinda 
>     >> avoids plaintext passwords).
> 
> True, the POP3 server does need access to the plain text password.
> 

Not true... it can check against crypt or md5 passwords backend.  I believe Brian
is refering to the transmission of plaintext passwords over the net - although
gremlins like telnetd require that too ;)  [spit, telnet, what's that? Ssh rulz.]

Joe
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