Having an Evolution and Mail notification Problem?

[Les Mikesell]

Ed Greshko wrote:

>> It is useful for things like this (testing POP and IMAP servers and some
>> very rudimentary web server testing).  NEVER, EVER use it for anything
>> important.
> 
> Wait a second.  Now I'm confused.  You said, "NEVER, EVER use it for
> anything important".  But testing things such as POP and IMAP servers *is*
> important.  So, should I or shouldn't I use it?  :-)

The problem is that the text of telnet commands goes over the network 
unencrypted, so if you type a plain text password, anyone capable of 
sniffing your network connection (which probably means several 
government agencies as well as engineers at your ISP) will be able to 
capture it.  Of course that same plain text password goes over a normal 
pop, imap or ftp connection too unless you use the ssl variations of 
them.  People weren't so aware of wiretapping back in the old days when 
these protocols were developed.

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   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com