Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 13:17:42 +0100 (CET) From: Khaled Daham <khaled@w-arts.com> To: Lenz Gschwendtner <lenz@heitec.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: POP3 or IMAP. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012131303460.44819-100000@master.telia.net> In-Reply-To: <20001207102433.C2411@heitec.net>
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On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Lenz Gschwendtner wrote: > Hi Dmitry, > > On Thu, 07 Dec 2000, Tolpanov, Dmitry wrote: > > > I think it will good enouth any server with APOP support, but I can't find > > any port for FreeBSD. May someone advice something. > > With APOP the major problem is the supprted clients. as far as i know > only eudora supports this kind of authentication. And the fact that it is a lousy security since the server needs to know the plaintext password to generate the necessary md5 strings for authentication. so all passwords are more or less stored in plain text (qpopper eor's every char with 0xFF) > > And another thing. As most of e-mail clients now support IMAP4 and as it is > > more progressive and promising may be it is good idea to install IMAP > > server. But I can't find what type of authentication it use. Any advise > > appreciated. > > in IMAP there is a possibility to encrypt the password exchange. more > documentation can be found here: > http://www.washington.edu/imap/ pop3 + stunnel is a viable option, afaik only netscape6 and outlook supports pop3s, eudora is a strong goer for APOP ( since qualcomm more or less started working on APOP ). /Khaled Daham, w.arts Mail: khaled@w-arts.com Cell: +46-70-6785492, +966-54491462 FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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