On Sun, Jan 16, 2000 at 10:31:56PM +0100, Mikael Schmidt wrote:
} At 22:18 16/01/00 , you wrote:
} >David Anso writes:
} > > I was reading the FAQ that came with qmail and noticed the following:
} > >
} > > "Security note: pop3d should be used only within a secure network
} > otherwise
} > > an eavesdropper can steal passwords."
} > >
} > > I am looking to move my qmail server out onto the big wide internet, so
} > > should I be using another pop or imap service which is more secure? Any
} > > suggestions?
} >
} >It's not qmail-pop3d that is insecure. It is the pop3 service itself,
} >unless you use apop authentication.
}
} have qmail-pop3d support for the apop authentication feature?
There's a checkpassword replacement by Shinya Ohira that does APOP. I
use it, and it works fine. You can find it at www.qmail.org.
}
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