"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Gnus successfully opened an SSL connection with my IMAP server (GMail) > as evidenced by the ff. lines in *Messages*: > > imap: Connecting to imap.gmail.com... > imap: Opening SSL connection with `openssl s_client -quiet -ssl3 - > connect %s:%p'...done > > However, further on, I see these lines: > > imap: Authenticating to `imap.gmail.com' using `login'... > imap: Plaintext authentication... > > Does this mean that Gnus ignored the SSL connection that was set up > and went with a less secure plaintext login method instead?
Unless I'm misunderstanding, this is fine. Sine the *connection* is fully encrypted with SSL, it is safe to *authenticate* using plain text over the *encrypted connection*. Most SSL setups I've seen work this way where plain text auth is used when the connection is encrypted. Course, I'm no SSL expert. Ross _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
