Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Thu, 27 May 2004 00:46:29 +0100
From:      Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org>
To:        Andrew Beals <bandy@cinnamon.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: simple, nay, elegant pop3 implementation?
Message-ID:  <20040526234629.GE55357@empiric.dek.spc.org>
In-Reply-To: <200405262234.i4QMYFwP027591@cinnamon.com>
References:  <200405262234.i4QMYFwP027591@cinnamon.com>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
[redirected to -net]

On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 03:34:15PM -0700, Andrew Beals wrote:
> Why is there no default pop3 implementation included in the FreeBSD 
> distribution?  Is it for a lack of a suitably-licensed server, or does 
> everyone believe APOP authentication is crackable?

There are ample POP3 servers in the ports collection. I don't feel that
anything more than a minimalist outgoing MTA is appropriate for inclusion
in the base system; I am sure others share this opinion but I'm equally
sure that many don't...

Regards,
BMS



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20040526234629.GE55357>