Judd Maltin writes: 

> Hi list, 
> 
> I'm new to the subtleties of POP3.   
> 
> I've used sniffit to watch the POP3 traffic, and PLAIN sends an obfuscated, 
> or maybe even somehow encrypted (hashed?) username/password. 
> 
> I'd like to know if I can (and how to) disable completely plaintext passwords 
> and use PLAIN as my minimum, adding SSL (and/or TLS) later on.

Just use POP3 over SSL right of the bat, and forget it. 

-- 
Sam 


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