On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Andrei Popescu<andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon,24.Aug.09, 11:37:53, Rob Gom wrote: >> [cut] Ok, so now I see the reasons to move: 1. Power & flexibility: (if one needs something more than what mail application can offer) > > Yes, in many cases it is, but the "separate tools" approach is more > flexible and more powerful. > [cut]
2. Mail program limitations: > Initially moved my mail retrieval+sorting outside the GUI client because > it couldn't download mail in a separate thread. Then I also moved the (this is also my case - KMail famous bug) As for: "Storing the password encrypted in some file has no benefit over storing the password in plain text, because anyone who gets the hash will be able to access your mail. And if you don't use SSL for connecting to the mail server you can encrypt the password as much as you like on your system, because it will be transmitted in clear over the wire. A potential attacker doesn't even have to break in your system." To clarify: I don't send passwords in plain text over the net (mainly SSL/TLS). And I believe that storing passwords encrypted is always safer than storing them unencrypted. Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
