Hello Erwin, Friday, May 21, 2004, 7:37:15 PM, you wrote:
EH> Hi, EH> At 17:21 21.05.04 +0200, you wrote: >>Hello Erwin, >> >>Friday, May 21, 2004, 5:14:30 PM, you wrote: >> >>EH> Hi, >> >>EH> At 11:41 21.05.04 +0200, you wrote: >>>>Hello blist, >>>> >> >>>>In the OLD days, people were happy with SMTP-Auth. I consider it LESS >>>>security as SMTP after POP, because with SMTP-Auth, You sent Your >>>>e-mailadress and Your password of Your mailbox over the internet. >>>>When a man-in-the-middle catch this e-mail (or worse Your PW), he can >>>>use it for spam, or access Your mailbox. >> >>EH> This is only true for SMTP Authentication of type "plain" and "login". >> >>EH> With CRAM-MD5 its quite save. >> >>EH> Read: http://www.fehcom.de/qmail/smtpauth.html#FRAMEWORK >> >>Yes, it's 'quite' safe, but You still reveal Your e-mailadress. >>If there are many hops between Your workstation and the smtpserver, >>You can get some spam in return. >>More, Your mail is sent in plaintext. I prefer encrypted streams, >>so SUPP's patch which encrypts the stream with SSL, and authenticate >>afterwards (in plaintext) is still the best way to go, it's not a big >>effort to realize. EH> Pls. tell us how you intend to communicate to the rest of the world by EH> means of email with encrypted addresses. EH> You are joking, troll. EH> regards. EH> --eh. EH> Dr. Erwin Hoffmann | FEHCom | http://www.fehcom.de/ EH> Wiener Weg 8, 50858 Cologne | T: +49 221 484 4923 | F: ...24 To be rude and without respect, this was the speciality of Your ancestors when they pretended to be the most bright race on Earth. For Your records annoo 1914-18, 1940-1945. Clearly, some can't deny their roots. -- Best regards, DEBO Jurgen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.guide.be * www.gids.be * www.guide.fr * www.shop.fr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- / \ sarl GUIDE (sdet) --- the GUIDE, de GIDS, TELESHOP, SHOP __ | __ 128, rue du faubourg de Douai | / | \ | FR-59000 Lille, La France / \ | / \ Tél/Fax +32 59 26.91.51 Mobile +32 479 212.841 /|______\|/______|\ Site http://sarl.guide.fr \| /|\ |/ N° TVA FR-55.440.243.988 |\ / | \ /| RC Lille 74075/2001B01478 |__\ | /__| Siret 440 243 988 00027 | Compte BE: KREDBEBB (BIC) BE56.466-5571951-88 (IBAN) --- Compte FR: CMCIFR2A (BIC) FR76.1562-9027-0200-0455-1870-127 (IBAN) \ / Conditions (terms): http://sarl.guide.fr/conditions.php -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.teleshop.fr * www.teleshop.be * www.teleshop.biz * www.teleshop.info * www.teleshop.name --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
