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  Secure Mail Reading on Mac OS X
Subject:   APOP Authentication
Date:   2002-03-22 07:12:07
From:   mrprofessor
Among the secure authentication methods supported by Mail.app, the article failed to mention the widely deployed combination of POP3 with APOP authentication.


Unlike some other clients, there is no special setting for enabling APOP authentication. If you are using POP3, Mail.app tried APOP first and only falls back to cleartext passwords your server does not support APOP.


JD
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  • APOP Authentication
    2002-03-22 09:48:02  frankie1969 [View]

    Of course, APOP only encrypts the initial connection. Message contents (and headers I think) are sent in the clear.

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