Hi,

SYSTEM: Exim 4.42 MTA Qpopper 4.0.5 on Tru64 UNIX

I am planning to move our email from a v. old server and popd to a 
fresh one. In the old configuration all the pop user where kept in a 
Plain text file 'POP' that was in a GECOS format. 

I was wondering if it is possible to maintain a similar 
configuration. I have reservations about added all pop users to the 
/etc/passwd's file as some pop users will have also have a login 
account. If all the pop users are in the passwd's file, if someone 
snoops my plain-text password during a pop session, that would be 
stealing my login password as well. 

I want to keep the client configuration as simple as possible so APOP 
seems like it might be cause the users some confusion. One aim is to 
make the transformation as transparent as possible so I don't want 
the client's to have to do no more that perhaps change the pop3 host 
or maybe I would do something with the DNS to resolve the hosts 
correctly.

Does anyone know if the above configuration is possible or have any 
strong feeling about what I am trying to do?

Thanx.
Dp.




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Dermot Paikkos * [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Network Administrator @ Science Photo Library
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