[Ti] apop and Panther Mail.app

[Chris Olson]

On Oct 2, 2004, at 11:52 PM, mac2 wrote:

> I spent a very frustrating hour on the phone trying to help a friend, 
> who is using her powerbook and going through wayport ISP services in a 
> hotel to get back to her home ISP.  The ISP said that her mail program 
> was trying to authenticate via apop, which they don't support.
>
> I have gone through the settings in Mail.app, and I just don't see it. 
>  Am I just overlooking a switch for apop authentication somewhere?

Who is this ISP?

When the initial connection is made to a POP server, the server 
displays a timestamp in its banner.  The client uses this timestamp to 
create an MD5 hash string that is shared between the server and client. 
  The next time the client connects to the server (e.g., to check for 
new mail) it will issue a command (APOP) and the hash string.  This 
reduces the number of times that a user's userid and password are 
transmitted in clear text.

Tell your friend to tell the ISP's tech support person to get a clue, 
and they could start by referring to the specification for POP3 servers 
which is covered in RFC 1725.
--
Chris