On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 12:27:57PM +0200, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > Hi, Reference: > > From: Patrick Welche <pr...@cam.ac.uk> > > Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 08:28:31 +0100 > > Patrick Welche wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 02:10:05PM -0700, Paul Goyette wrote: > > > I don't think I need anything fancy, just need to provide a secure > > > channel between my local machine(s) and a remote imaps server, so > > > that the server can authenticate me without sending a clear-text > > > password on the wire. > > > > > > Suggestions, anyone? > > > > When talking of IMAP, SASL springs to mind (security/cyrus-sasl) - any > > use? > > Paul G, etc > Here's how I got SASL 1 then SASL2 working on both client & server. > http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/txt/sasl.html > That was on FreeBSD not NetBSD but I can't imagine much difference. > Lots of URLs on that page common to *BSD & beyond.
(I should have phrased that differently: it is the solution I use and it works well - I should have said something like "have you tried?")
