Hello Mike, On Thursday, December 05, 2002, Mike Loiterman wrote... > I just wrapped my pop connections in an ssl tunnel and I'm wondering > if I need or if I can do the same to my squirrel mail connections. > Aside from SquirrelMail, I do not use IMAP. I have those ports (143) > closed on my firewall. My web server and my IMAP server are on the > same machine and according to the FAQ: > "If your mail server is the same as your web server, there is no > need for the encrypted communication. It's useless. Just toss it out > the window, if you can."
> I don't understand what this means. Isn't the password used to > access SquirrelMail sent in cleartext? Why wouldn't I use the ssl > tunnel to protect the password? Basically the statement meant that you didn't need to try using SSL between the mail server and SquirrelMail if they are running on the same server. Although you can still use it if you are accessing the site over HTTP, so that your HTTP traffic is encrypted. > Also -- I tried enabling SMTP Authentication but that didn't work > either. In what way? It failed authentication? What authentication method? -- Jonathan Angliss ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf -- squirrelmail-users mailing list List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
