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>> Does Gmail ask for the POP3 password every time, or do they store it ?
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They store it. Just like they do with SMTP passwords.

FWIW, the choices as I see them are: hand over your domain to Google for
Business (or equiv), hand over passwords, or run your own mail GUI. We have
been experimenting with POP forwarding, but the delays are annoying, and
Gmail (rightly) does not accept all mail so you have to garbage collect the
POP boxes. It's the best scenario from a false-positive perspective imho.


> I really, really don't like the idea of encouraging users
> to give passwords to third parties.


I encourage users to use a different password (and email) for every
account. This requires a 3rd party password manager, which presents other
problems. (Every software problem is solved through another layer of
indirection. Every layer of indirection creates a new software problem. :-)

Cheers,
Rob
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