Re: Re[4]: The most secure POP server

[Scott Gifford]

"clemensF" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> > Scott Gifford:
> 
> > > to use apop, germanynet (calisto) barked, thay would not change their
> > > entire setup for just one customer, when i asked them for apop.  i dared
> > > to ask only because their greeting looks like an apop prompt, and it
> > > even changes on every dialup...   so much for technical competence.
> > 
> > They probably don't store plaintext passwords, which would make it
> > impossible to support your request.  Not a matter of technical
> > competence as much as system design.
> 
> that i don't understand.  i can get my password anytime from any provider,
> just askin', maybe answering "secret questions".  what makes you think
> they don't store plaintext-passwords?

  Just a guess; if the provider that won't provide APOP can provide
you with plaintext passwords, then I don't know what their excuse is.
:)

-----ScottG.