From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 26 16:26:50 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF36116A401 for ; Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:26:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from smtp2.utdallas.edu (smtp2.utdallas.edu [129.110.10.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D69613C441 for ; Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:26:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from utd59514.utdallas.edu (utd59514.utdallas.edu [129.110.3.28]) by smtp2.utdallas.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BB7E5C239; Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:26:50 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:26:50 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl To: Juha Saarinen , perryh@pluto.rain.com Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: <45E25D3A.7070308@chrismaness.com> <45E2604A.4060909@chrismaness.com> <45e2968a.pbbjenCoLr1b8zw7%perryh@pluto.rain.com> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.6 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=sha1; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; boundary="==========A6F54D5CBAE0ABA13004==========" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: chris@chrismaness.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Outlook With FreeBSD IMAP 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: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:26:50 -0000 --==========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 wrote: > On 2/26/07, 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==========--