On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 09:16, Gennaro Esposito wrote:
> Unfortunately Qpopper does not "understand" Maildir format (only mailbox, 
> as you know) *but* it implements APOP to avoid clear text password being 
> passed during the identification/authentication phase.

Courier implements CRAM-MD5 and DIGEST-MD5, which accomplish the same
thing, with a better hashing mechanism.  It also supports POP over SSL,
which will encrypt the entire session.

> It seems that Courier POP3 server understand Maildir format (as stated in 
> the http://www.courier-mta.org/intro.html  doc) but is not clear if it 
> implements APOP.
> My question is: does Courier POP3 server implement APOP ?

You don't.  APOP has been obsoleted, and isn't supported by most client
software.  Use one of the newer hashed password mechanisms, or SSL.




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