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Re: [fetchmail] Clear text password

2002-09-01 23:17:11
From: "Peter Kaagman" <bilbo(_at_)nedlinux(_dot_)nl>

Hi there

To start off... I did find the section in the FAQ about this. But
it either does not apply to or (and this is likely) I don't
understand what it says. I wich case I appoligize.....

For another problem I installed ethereal and found out that my
password and account name is send in clear text to a IMAP server.
When I use the mozilla client I do not see the password.

Perfectly normal and expected. Most traditional unix services pass passwords in clear down the network.

The most you can do is switch to a provider that supports SSL or something other than plain text authentication.


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