Am Mittwoch, den 26.09.2007, 17:31 +0100 schrieb Lisa Muir:
> On 9/26/07, Andreas Grabner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have just figured out that only the first 8 characters of passwords
> > are significant and the rest is irrelevant. Have i missed some
> > configuration? I think this is a security issue.
> 
> In my experience, this would indicate that you're encrpting passwords
> with the CRYPT function, try using SHA or MD5 instead to avoid the 8
> character limitation, but bear in mind that you loose a certain amount
> of system portability with your passwords which may or may not be an
> issue.
Thanks,
i use 

IMAP_CAPABILITY_TLS="$IMAP_CAPABILITY AUTH=PLAIN

Doesn't this mean plain passwords in TLS connection? Should not have
something to do with crypt. Right?

I have plain passwords in the database which AUTH mechanism should be
preferred? Clients are Outlook [Express] and others?

Thanks
Andreas Grabner

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