From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 29 14:21:36 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 783D71065693 for ; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:21:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr9.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr9.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E58138FC15 for ; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:21:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr9.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id nBTELV8r018995; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:21:31 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id B2E21BAAD; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:21:30 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:21:30 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Anton Shterenlikht Message-ID: <20091229142130.GA29795@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> <20091229132209.GC27042@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20091229134420.GA15874@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="sm4nu43k4a2Rpi4c" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091229134420.GA15874@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> 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: Robert Huff , 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 14:21:36 -0000 --sm4nu43k4a2Rpi4c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 01:44:21PM +0000, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > it doesn't work like that.. >=20 > I think it's an imap server. >=20 > Anyway, I'm trying to get in touch with them. > One of the problems is that the Uni are trying to > implement a system where mail is never downloaded from the > main mail servers at all. At least this is what I gather. > So when users launch their mulberry (a typical Uni mail > client) they connect to the mail servers, read and reply > and whatever, but the data is just viewed on PCs and not > stored there. I might be wrong, but that's my understanding. > So programs like fetchmail that actually connect to their > imap server and download mail to local boxes are probably > not very welcome. Fetchmail can use the IMAP protocol, and therefore should be just as welcome as any other IMAP client. And if you can read a message , it _is_ downloade= d.=20 The advantage of IMAP is that it allows you to partially download message. If I read the [IMAP page] and [IMAP RFC] correctly, the latter mandates the use of authentication. Quoting the latter; Note: a server implementation MUST implement a configuration in which it does NOT permit any plaintext password mechanisms, unless either the STARTTLS command has been negotiated or some other mechanism that protects the session from password snooping has been provided.=20 In other words, a proper IMAP server does not permit plaintext passwords. [IMAP page]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Message_Access_Protocol [IMAP RFC]: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3501=20 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) --sm4nu43k4a2Rpi4c Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAks6EGoACgkQEnfvsMMhpyUKawCfXp/4Jc8H1CR2SDwStIZXqE6O CH0AnjD/LOX1TyCI6ZfNMugo48O5vyzT =E+uI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --sm4nu43k4a2Rpi4c--