Re: Password visible in SB Proxy V 1.1b2
Dale Schroeder <[email protected]>
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On 05/09/2011 7:59 AM, Peter Liepmann wrote: > Probably I'm just being stupid. The .ini file doesn't have the POP3 > email password in clear? That's just for the web interface? That is correct. > How/where would I enter the email password in the pop3proxy? Is that > in email client (Thunderbird)- but that looks at localhost, and sends > a password there. I also use Thunderbird, and that is exactly where the email password is stored. > More stupidity- does that simply get passed on to the email POP3 server? Yes. I use one linux Spambayes server for our entire domain, and no user's password is stored in Spambayes. They remain with the email client. > Sorry for making a false alarm, if that's what I did. Enjoy your Spambayes. I've found it to be an excellent bit of software. Dale > > On 5/9/2011 8:50 AM, Dale Schroeder wrote: >> On 05/09/2011 4:39 AM, [email protected] wrote: >>> Peter> Can I just replace my current spambayes files/reinstall >>> with the >>> Peter> 1.1a6 files? Does 1.1a6 hide the email password better? >>> >>> That's the rub. Nothing related to the user interface has changed >>> in a long >>> while. I'd be surprised if any older version behaved differently. >>> >>> I'm not the author of the POP3 proxy application, so it will >>> probably take >>> me awhile to figure out where it's even generating the password entry. >>> >>> Skip >>> >> Looking at the Advanced Configuration page in 1.1b1, the only >> password I can see is for access to the web UI. >> This password does not have to be (and should not be) identical to >> the user's email password. >> >> Skip is correct when he says this has not changed recently. At the >> very least, it has been this way since 1.04, circa 2005. >> >> Dale > . > _______________________________________________ [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes Info/Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes Check the FAQ before asking: http://spambayes.sf.net/faq.html