[ale] OT: SMTP/POP3 Password Encryption

[Michael Still]

On Tue, 20 May 2003 3:51PM -0500, hbbs at attbi.com wrote:
> When accessing SMTP and POP3 servers, are the account names and 
> passwords
> ordinarily encrypted or do they pass in clear text (provided SSL isn't 
> being used)?

Smtp does not ordinarily use passwords and pop3 is most definitly sent 
clear text.

>
> I suspect that they travel in the clear if you aren't using SSL but I 
> wanted to
> ask the more knowledgeable.
>
> - Jeff
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