From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 29 13:22:19 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 1F3BA1065672 for ; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:22:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr12.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr12.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F6378FC1B for ; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:22:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr12.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id nBTDM9Rg074647; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:22:09 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 1D18EBAAD; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:22:09 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:22:09 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Robert Huff Message-ID: <20091229132209.GC27042@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20091228151553.GA7478@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20091228173515.GA27630@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20091229111150.GA15440@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <19257.65081.681654.499622@jerusalem.litteratus.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="lMM8JwqTlfDpEaS6" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <19257.65081.681654.499622@jerusalem.litteratus.org> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: Anton Shterenlikht , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fetchmail and plain text password X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:22:19 -0000 --lMM8JwqTlfDpEaS6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 08:03:53AM -0500, Robert Huff wrote: >=20 > Anton Shterenlikht writes: > > > I'd be more worried that your password is sent as plaintext over=20 > > > the network using e.g. POP3. You should use the --ssl option if > > > your mailserver allows it.=20 > > =20 > > it looks like it doesn't allow ssl. >=20 > It is my understanding ISPs - at least those in the > U.S. oriented to the home user - rarely do, It's a non-trivial > amount of work to get working and then monitor for correct behavior > and possible breaches. Agreed. Which is exactly why I like xs4all so much. :-) They do provide the= se kinds of services. But I would expect a university network (which I understand what the OP is talking about) to offer something more sophisticated than plain POP3. I wou= ld expect at least bSMTP. Bristol seems to have a computer science department. That's at least a pool of warm bodies to train as sysadmins. :-P Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --lMM8JwqTlfDpEaS6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAks6AoEACgkQEnfvsMMhpyUSoACfaVBaOYv19Fzx6ozpj2mkRTzt 1LYAnjW4oyDzpifPE7rMcZ63ytERkArm =qGNr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --lMM8JwqTlfDpEaS6--