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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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