[geeks] UW-IMAP

[Jochen Kunz]

On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:25:25 -0400
Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm using UW-IMAP with SSL on my mail server, and I was wondering if
> anyone knew off the top of their head whether all of the traffic
> (including my authentication data) was being encrypted by imapd?
I can't give a definitive answer. But with HTTPS everything is
encrypted. SSL/TLS is invoked right after the TCP connect. (Modulo
HTTP->HTTPS "Upgrade") I expect the same for IMAP.
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       Jochen

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