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What I was thinking about was someone using say POP and a client like Thunderbird. The POP traffic by default is clear-text, so when you send your password to t
by jowens 16y ago
What I was thinking about was someone using say POP and a client like Thunderbird. The POP traffic by default is clear-text, so when you send your password to the server, it's in the clear unless you're either tunneling your traffic or going to a secure port to your ISPs mail server.
- For_Iconoclasm 16y agoThis is sadly true. I cannot connect to my school's e-mail service with either of the security schemes provided by Thunderbird (SSL, TLS, or STARTTLS). The trade-off is a nice program versus a secure connection. I'm not exactly concerned about the security of my school account, but it could potentially suck to have it compromised.