Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:58:00 -0500 From: Jerry <gesbbb@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fetchmail and plain text password Message-ID: <20091229075800.09372f49@scorpio.seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <20091229111150.GA15440@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20091228151553.GA7478@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20091228173515.GA27630@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20091229111150.GA15440@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>
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On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:11:50 +0000 Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> replied: >On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 06:35:15PM +0100, Roland Smith wrote: >> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 03:15:53PM +0000, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: >> > I use fetchmail >> > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail-fetchmail.html >> > to download all my mail from the Uni mail >> > server to my fbsd box. >> > >> > I typically run it in daemon mode, which requires >> > having my mail server password in plain text in .fetchmailrc >> > >> > I'm a little worried about the security of having >> > my password in plain text on the system. I ran across this URL: http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/Secure-POP+SSH.html It might be what you are looking for. -- Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com |::::======= |::::======= |=========== |=========== | Justice always prevails ... three times out of seven! Michael J. Wagner
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