[rescue] MSFT == a-holes! (please excuse this OT rant)

[Paul Sladen]

On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> [ On Thursday, September 6, 2001 at 02:13:46 (-0400), Patrick Giagnocavo wrote: ]
> 
> > they would like to have all SMTP and POP3 also
> > encrypted when they are sending and receiving mail(smart).
> 
> E-mail encryption should always be done in/beside/from the MUA, never
> any part of the transport.

The reason for using POP3 over SSL is that I'm bothered about having the
*password*, and only the *password* being encrypted, the rest is pretty
irrelevant since it has just come all the way across the net unencryted.

I do NOT want to have a password sent clear text.  Period.

Paul