2 messages in net.sourceforge.lists.courier-users[courier-users] Re: POP3 "PLAIN" or b...
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Judd MaltinMay 3, 2002 5:51 pm 
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Subject:[courier-users] Re: POP3 "PLAIN" or better loginActions...
From:Sam Varshavchik (mrs@courier-mta.com)
Date:May 3, 2002 6:57:40 pm
List:net.sourceforge.lists.courier-users

Judd Maltin writes:

Hi list,

I'm new to the subtleties of POP3.

I've used sniffit to watch the POP3 traffic, and PLAIN sends an obfuscated, or maybe even somehow encrypted (hashed?) username/password.

I'd like to know if I can (and how to) disable completely plaintext passwords and use PLAIN as my minimum, adding SSL (and/or TLS) later on.

Just use POP3 over SSL right of the bat, and forget it.

-- Sam