From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 18 00:05:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id AAA19836 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 18 Sep 1996 00:05:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from alaska.net (root@calvino.alaska.net [206.149.65.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA19822 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 1996 00:05:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hmmm.alaska.net by alaska.net (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA14372; Tue, 17 Sep 1996 23:04:55 -0800 Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 23:08:24 +0000 () From: hmmm To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: imapd bug? Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 17:30:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Terry Gray To: hmmm Cc: pine-info@cac.washington.edu Subject: Re: help Rx You can access an inbox in *online* mode, with reduced functionality, via the following syntax in your pinerc: inbox-path={pop.server.name/pop}INBOX However, I'm skeptical of what you were told about IMAP and security. Could you find out more (or put us in touch with someone who knows) about the alleged security hole? It is possible that there is a security hole in a particular IMAP server (and if it's ours, we want to know about it), but there are lots of server choices now, and it is extremely unlikely that the protocol itself is the problem. (Indeed, in normal use, it is better to use online access via IMAP than have repeated connections to check for new mail via POP, as the latter scenario involves sending your passwd over the net --usually in the clear-- many more times.) -teg On Tue, 17 Sep 1996, hmmm wrote: > i can't figure out if i can use pine or not! > > i have a pop3 isp (no imap, heard it has big security hole) > and can't figure out if and how to retrieve my mail off of it > with Pine 3.95 on my home PC. > > please help! (i'm not on the list, please reply by email, thanks) >