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Date:      Thu, 7 Dec 2000 10:24:33 +0100
From:      lenz@heitec.net (Lenz Gschwendtner)
To:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: POP3 or IMAP.
Message-ID:  <20001207102433.C2411@heitec.net>
In-Reply-To: <3A99BABAB2C2D411B1540050DACC35FE4254@exch.stack.ru>; from tdn@stack.ru on Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 15:19:28 %2B0700
References:  <3A99BABAB2C2D411B1540050DACC35FE4254@exch.stack.ru>

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Hi Dmitry,

On Thu, 07 Dec 2000, Tolpanov, Dmitry wrote:

> I think it will good enouth any server with APOP support, but I can't find
> any port for FreeBSD. May someone advice something.
 
With APOP the major problem is the supprted clients. as far as i know
only eudora supports this kind of authentication.

> And another thing. As most of e-mail clients now support IMAP4 and as it is
> more progressive and promising may be it is good idea to install IMAP
> server. But I can't find what type of authentication it use. Any advise
> appreciated.

in IMAP there is a possibility to encrypt the password exchange. more
documentation can be found here:
http://www.washington.edu/imap/

cheers
    lenz

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