Hello Randy, On 7 Dec 2001 at 09:48:48 you wrote (at least in part):
RR> I'm talking about IMAP. On the same server, Netscape Messenger RR> 4.78 talks to the server and no username/password is visible in RR> the packets it sends. Just plain IMAP with no special security. RR> Using TB, regardless of what I configure (MD5,...) TB sends the RR> username/password in the clear for every transaction with the RR> server! I can't try at the moment but I think I can guess. TB!'s IMAP functionality ain't the best. It's very rudimentary ... So I think Netscape keeps the connection open and therefore sends User/Pass only once, when establishing the connection, while TB! uses IMAP as an other form of POP3 and therefore closes the connection after every action you do. So it has to resend User/Pass every time you want to do something on the IMAP server. As IMAP is under heavy development I think this will be changed too. But one thing _is_ sure: Netscape has to send User/Pass too, otherwise no Login could be done :-) But as I said: seem Netscape needs to do this only once in opposite to TB! :-) RR> I must be missing something? Not really :-) -- Best Regards Peter Palmreuther mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (The Bat! v1.54 Beta/15 on Windows NT 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 2) "Love your country but never trust its government." -- ________________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
