On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, Peter Evans wrote:
> Considering that email is transmitted as clear text by the SMTP > protocol, I think you are wasting your time. What possible rationale > is there for last mile encryption when its travelled the intervening > N miles as clear text? On my personal system, the same usernames/passwords are used for both pop3 and ssh- so while I agree with you in that the mail itself has no reasonable expectation of privacy, the passwords do. it might be better to use something like kerberos, where only the password is encrypted, but few pop clients support kerberos. > You have the source code for qpopper, so you have no cause for complaint. > (insert usual ad hominems about RTFM, Use the Source Luke, etc here.) Indeed.
