On 10-Mar-2003/17:10 -0500, "Jonathan M. Slivko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 16:51, Joel Lopez wrote: >> Out of curiosity, how do ISP's or business' set up their email servers so >> that if you have an account you can connect from any computer as long as you >> know the incoming/outgoing mail servers and your username/password? > >If you use SMTP Auth, it should be relatively safe, but I personally >don't recommend it just because of password/username stealing, etc.
SMTP AUTH can be used over SSL/TLS to protect authentication credentials. Mozilla, Netscape(?), Outlook, Outlook Express, and Evolution all support this. They also support POP3/IMAP over SSL/TLS. Tony -- Anthony E. Greene <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D AOL/Yahoo Messenger: TonyG05 HomePage: <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/> Linux. The choice of a GNU generation <http://www.linux.org/> -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
