Re: [SLUG] Imap and Squirrelmail Authentication

From: Matt Miller (mmiller1@mptotalcare.com)
Date: Tue Jan 07 2003 - 13:48:26 EST


On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 13:44, Matt Miller wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 13:25, Doug Koobs wrote:
> > I'm running a RH 8 server for SMTP, IMAP, and webmail services. It's
> > running imap-2001a-15, php-imap-4.2.2-8.0.5, and squirrelmail-1.2.8-1,
> > along with pop-before-smtp. When I access my mailbox over the Internet
> > from either an IMAP client such as Outlook Express, or access Webmail via
> > a browser, the authentication is not encrypted, and as far as I can see, I
> > am sending my username and password clear-text over the Internet. Any
> > pointer on how I can make this more secure? Thanks!!
>
> Using https with apache-ssl would be one idea.

(https for squirrelmail)

imaps is also an option.

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