On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 16:06 +1300, Victoria Spagnolo wrote: > First, apologies for asking here, I have searched. Please, let me know > where I should be reading or asking. > I just found out that my ISP stores my password (POP account) as text > and all the support people can see it and can change it.
Just about every modern identity service stores the password as clear text; this has *numerous* technical advantages. Lots and lots of people who will claim they don't - do - they just don't know any better. > Is this normal? Yes. I'd say it is *not* normal for the clear-text attribute to be visible to tech-support / help-desk staff; that is very abnormal in my experience. Most tech-support people are forbidden from even asking you about your password. > If not, what is and what question do I ask an ISP when deciding which Don't keep you mail with your ISP. Option#1 - Use a hosted e-mail service <http://fastmail.fm/> Option#2 - Get a linnode <http://www.linode.com/> and run an IMAP server <http://www.cyrusimap.org/> of your own. -- Adam Tauno Williams <[email protected]> LPIC-1, Novell CLA <http://www.whitemiceconsulting.com> OpenGroupware, Cyrus IMAPd, Postfix, OpenLDAP, Samba _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
