From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 29 14:09:48 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 31B1E106568F for ; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:09:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirg.bris.ac.uk (dirg.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFC898FC17 for ; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:09:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seis.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.93]) by dirg.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NPclS-0000Do-EC; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:09:44 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by seis.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1NPclR-0001sV-I5; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:09:34 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nBTE9XVM016028; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:09:33 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nBTE9XWM016027; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:09:33 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:09:33 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: Roland Smith Message-ID: <20091229140933.GA16016@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> <19257.65081.681654.499622@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20091229132209.GC27042@slackbox.xs4all.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091229132209.GC27042@slackbox.xs4all.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Spam-Score: -1.5 X-Spam-Level: - Cc: Robert Huff , 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 14:09:48 -0000 On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 02:22:09PM +0100, Roland Smith wrote: > On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 08:03:53AM -0500, Robert Huff wrote: > > > > Anton Shterenlikht writes: > > > > I'd be more worried that your password is sent as plaintext over > > > > the network using e.g. POP3. You should use the --ssl option if > > > > your mailserver allows it. > > > > > > it looks like it doesn't allow ssl. > > > > 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 these > 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 would it's IMAP-4 server, whatever that means.. -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423