[ale] OT: SMTP/POP3 Password Encryption

[Transam]

On Tue, May 20, 2003 at 08:16:53PM +0000, hbbs at attbi.com wrote:
> Evolution has a "Check for supported [authentication] types" button for both
> transmit and receive.  The one for SMTP is reporting only "NT Login" and the
> one for POP3 is reporting only "Password".

> If I interpret this correctly, SMTP is at least being hashed somehow but
> POP3 is not.  Would you agree?

Neither SMTP nor POP3 (nor IMAP for that matter) are encrypted.  Both
the password (POP3 & IMAP) and all text is sent in the clear.  May I
introduce you to the world of encrypting your email before transmission?

See

     www.gnupg.org

(For downloading, use SSL-wrapped POP3 or IMAP if available.)

> - Jeff

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