On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 08:03:53AM -0500, Robert Huff wrote: > > Anton Shterenlikht writes: > > > I'd be more worried that your password is sent as plaintext over > > > the network using e.g. POP3. You should use the --ssl option if > > > your mailserver allows it. > > > > it looks like it doesn't allow ssl. > > It is my understanding ISPs - at least those in the > U.S. oriented to the home user - rarely do, It's a non-trivial > amount of work to get working and then monitor for correct behavior > and possible breaches.
Agreed. Which is exactly why I like xs4all so much. :-) They do provide these kinds of services. But I would expect a university network (which I understand what the OP is talking about) to offer something more sophisticated than plain POP3. I would expect at least bSMTP. Bristol seems to have a computer science department. That's at least a pool of warm bodies to train as sysadmins. :-P Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725)
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