From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 29 12:58:04 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 808731065696 for ; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:58:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gesbbb@yahoo.com) Received: from smtp108.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (smtp108.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [76.13.13.47]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 263A48FC0A for ; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:58:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 71474 invoked from network); 29 Dec 2009 12:58:01 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Received:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:Reply-To:Organization:X-Mailer:Face:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=FKPnTPjzKc4+n39xrLlP6VGNpF9XhjZwC4aJxz+9SxRr34yLf0AMJ0kMg744r7j6+o/iKmbUYNG02MdlAJguvWoqMKxUvpgDjhDdzsAxKegUYNBAcleAGaatihctx/27C4S2TDTC0RwBNQMKZ99SV2MgPH08MnxjaBHLe23yRrw= ; Received: from c-67-189-183-172.hsd1.ny.comcast.net (gesbbb@67.189.183.172 with login) by smtp108.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with SMTP; 29 Dec 2009 04:58:01 -0800 PST X-Yahoo-SMTP: yeAAMgKswBATCul4lSbCWspvTA-- X-YMail-OSG: VLs2QzoVM1kOly6zQbiVSftrqQnwGdKKswkD2p8vrIppzEC_6dgtKbls9OBPDEABdgBdQUI_RHzqs1UhKfgUZEtY2_Dyiw.2cCTNkDymDIvFCLFN45eiGZiKpbEn9v_0jHbzm70qYPhcPPmh_mZJ56uc.FLg5a4U4C35RMFI6y57iHC5fNMbgyePISG6l0HMfAmm1tS_TX69a3zbFDPI8K_dH1f9sCHOuP_.vzFN7avBfXIYrrj9yUYWLcSng6Wa97mMc_pa6CZvAilBX35cqRe9tCsT9E3e7E4.j0VIDRrdG0v5cLfocQgxU2fLyl6e_3J9WFn0avjNS4T168snCQ9lDRwt4Ll1.4tUS_IB62m8hodcNwfzLmcl9sKVpcTJpprlqqghp5AAm0Nn1TNjoGV3HFqfeNbPOwdZn.ZgfquKo0apGRqCiT3h.jMItvIxABn8p2Z5PInYsG.teUVUn7nlSc1Zr0BFxHP8FQfChAIQgQZaWTRGI671rOkfWZScKD7bNvNei9qeMfkykJl.SevSwFw- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (scorpio.seibercom.net [192.168.1.101]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: gesbbb@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6B8572289B for ; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:58:00 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:58:00 -0500 From: Jerry To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.3 (GTK+ 2.18.5; i386-portbld-freebsd7.2) Face: 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 X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: fetchmail and plain text password X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:58:04 -0000 On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:11:50 +0000 Anton Shterenlikht 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