[Tfug] Telnet/mail

[Nicolas Lopez]

On Sun, Jun 09, 2002 at 07:25:29AM -0700, Adrian wrote:
> Aahhh.... Whimping out eh? I telnet into my pop mail server all the time, mostly
> for security reasons.
  Dakota doesn't do POPS or IMAPS?

> Hey, shut-up, let me explain. As you know, or just found out, pop3 is clear
> text, so your user name and pasword to access mail are in clear text. It just
 Nor CRAM-MD5 passwords?

> happens these are usually also your ISP user names and passwords, anyone who
> grabs them can dial in on your account. Fortunately, on your home ISP, it's
> only a few hops inside your ISP, so there's not to much of a chance of being
> sniffed. When your off on somebody else network and retreive email your user
> name/password go who knows where.
> 
> That's why I frequenty ssh into my home box and then telnet to the pop3 from
> there.

  That still doesn't explain why you just don't use a real client. Either
pine/mutt/elm/emacs on your home system, or KMail, Sylpheed, dEvolution via
VNC on your home system, or a local client if you're at the same system
often( with ssh port forwards), or hell, even some Webmail thing.

  Curious minds want to know :)

  - Nick Lopez
    kimo_sabe@atdot.org
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