Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:26:50 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: Juha Saarinen <juhasaarinen@gmail.com>, perryh@pluto.rain.com Cc: chris@chrismaness.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Outlook With FreeBSD IMAP Message-ID: <C831230A5B088E529CD316FF@utd59514.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <b34be8420702260055g1979ca07r70ecf59d193a4cec@mail.gmail.com> References: <45E25D3A.7070308@chrismaness.com> <b34be8420702252016je5e15edl77e231266c9cec8a@mail.gmail.com> <45E2604A.4060909@chrismaness.com> <b34be8420702252240t2a0723b2qb5c60466ff04bf70@mail.gmail.com> <45e2968a.pbbjenCoLr1b8zw7%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <b34be8420702260055g1979ca07r70ecf59d193a4cec@mail.gmail.com>
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--==========A6F54D5CBAE0ABA13004========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --On Monday, February 26, 2007 21:55:45 +1300 Juha Saarinen=20 <juhasaarinen@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2/26/07, perryh@pluto.rain.com <perryh@pluto.rain.com> wrote: >> *Not* off-topic, the context being how best to configure Outlook >> for use with FreeBSD IMAP. One hopes something more secure than >> plain-text passwords can be made to work. > > Uh, OK. > >> My answer is "Don't use Outlook. For anything. Period." >> but the OP may be stuck with it for some reason. > > Outlook supports SSL and TLS for both IMAP and SMTP if makes a > difference, plus AUTH but I'm not sure if it sets up a tunnel before > sending the plain-text password. Googling seems to indicate otherwise, > but perhaps someone better versed in Outlook can say for sure? Outlook works just like any other IMAP client. You can set up SSL or TLS.=20 You can change the default port, if you need to. And yes, it sets up the=20 tunnel before exchanging credentials and connecting to one's mailbox. I don't think there's any way to use CRAMD5, but why would you need to if=20 you're already using SSL? Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ --==========A6F54D5CBAE0ABA13004==========--
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