Re: Pointers to setup Secure(SSH) Pop3 mail??

[Peter Boy <pboy barkhof uni-bremen de>]

Am Mo, den 03.11.2003 schrieb Ow Mun Heng um 08:38:
> I am currently using Outlook to get my email from the LInux Box via
> POP3 protocol. I understand this isn't secure. Can anyone here help me
> out with some links or pointers on how to configure secure POP3 mail?
> perhaps through a SSH tunnel or something?? Maybe a Secure POP3 port?
> (If there is one)

As long as you use Outlook, I suppose you need not worry about security
of the pop protocol  :-)

Mail servers exchange the mail unencrypted. So you will not gain a lot
of security benefit from encryption of the mail while sending it from
the server to your machine (ssh tunnel). Biggest issue is the password
(pop account may be the same as your user account) which is sent
unencrypted, too. Their is an extension, apop, to encrypt the password.

http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/Help/Email/Apop/
http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/Help/Email/Apop/apop_faq.html


Peter