According to Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes:
> [...]qpopper server (outside my ISP domain) do I have any kind of security?
> I mean, am I sending a plain text password to the server? Or does qopper
> have any sort of encryption mechanism?
qpopper allows tradionial authentication with "pass" where the password
is transmitted in plain text over the POP channel and also support
"apop" authentication. "apop" is a challenge exchange protocol and
does NOT transmit the shared secred (the password) in plain text. To
use apop you need a compliant mail client e.g. Eudora. Also, you
provider needs to provide a method to store the shared secret on the
POP server.
+gg
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