[P1] Mail question

[Scott Warren]

Well the same holds true for any email client that is not using SSL, 
not just telnet...  Ethereal does a nice job showing off your username 
and password that is transmitted in plan text...


On Feb 10, 2004, at 2:00 PM, Tom R. no spam wrote:

> DO NOT use telnet unless you want your username and password
> to be known to anyone who happens to be listening to the
> traffic on any route your messages take to the ISP.  Use SSH
> instead.  If your ISP can't work with SSH, ask them how they
> recommend to make a secure connection with them.
>
> On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, Zoki wrote:
>  . . .
>> *** To find out if the problem is ycour connexion, your ISP... or just
>> radiation affecting electronic equipment due to inter-gallactic 
>> activity...
>> try the following:
>>
>> 1/
>> open terminal
>>
>> 2/
>> type
>>
>>     telent my.isp.com 110
>>
>> server will respond with +OK
>>
>> 3/
>> type
>>
>>     USER your_user_name
>>
>> server will respond with +OK
>>
>> 4/ type
>>
>>     PASS your_password
>  . . .
>
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