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From: fetchmail-friends-admin(_at_)lists(_dot_)ccil(_dot_)org
[mailto:fetchmail-friends-admin(_at_)lists(_dot_)ccil(_dot_)org] On Behalf Of
Evan Cooch
I suspect this is an FAQ of sorts, but couldn't find an
explicit answer to
this one (if it exists, please set flame-throwers to 'singe only').
I'm pretty sure this is a FAQ, however...
poll machine.goes.here with proto pop3
user xyz123 is xyzabc here
no rewrite
password "blah blah blah"
ssl
mda "/usr/bin/procmail -f -"
This works fine, but I'm wondering about the security of
having my password
sitting in plaint text in my .fetchmailrc file. Are there
obvious things I
could do to eliminate the need to do this? Some way to
interface fetchmail with pgp, or some such?
The short answer is, no.
The longer answer is - you can't win this one. If you go with PGP
you'll need to embed the pass phrase (or use a null one), which gains
you nothing. If you use reversible encryption, the code is in the
source and writing a decryptor would be trivial.
All you can do is trust those with access to the root account as only
root or the owner of the file can read it.
PLEASE - keep list traffic on the list. Email sent directly to me may
be ignored utterly.
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Rob | What part of "no" was it you didn't understand?