-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> Having a cable modem I'm concerned with the fact that when I use email my > password is sent in clear text over the network. I've heard that there were > other services that could be used instead of POP but i'm not sure if that can > be used here if my provider doesnt support it. If your provider doesn't support it you're pretty much SOL. > For my email I use my providers POP server. For sending email I also use > their server. Though in the past I used sendmail, can someone tell me the > advantages of using one over the other? Disadvantage of using sendmail: these days sending email direct from a dial-up line is frowned upon. On the other hand, sendmail can be configured to simply "cache" the connection going to an "upstream" mail server. Advantage: better control over your own email. > Also, if there any way I can encrypt the passwords being sent without the > provider taking any needed steps to enable me to do so? If your provider isn't using a Unix-type system with ssh installed, or doesn't have SSL-enabled IMAP, SMTP, and POP daemons, your stuck. You should try to contact your ISP - they may be willing to consider setting something up. Especially the SSL-enabled daemons - Windows supports that better than making a "vpn" with ssh. - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG fingerprint: 9BF9 D84C 37D0 4FA7 1F2D 7E5E FD94 D264 50DE 1CFC GPG key id: 50DE1CFC GPG public key: http://tux.creighton.edu/~pbrutsch/gpg-public-key.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6tNLH/ZTSZFDeHPwRAov8AKCVA3n2Ogu0+apY314W8GPeY4obWQCfdTnZ 62qWIHDuUewnyl4QbwAp8uE= =j0cj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
