Re: authentication, outgoing, IMAP

Tomas By <[email protected]> Sun, 17 Dec 2017 11:54:03 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.mail.wanderlust.general.japanese
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On Sun, 17 Dec 2017 06:53:34 +0100, Kazuhiro Ito wrote:
> Why you need to change?

Security?

When using webmail, I had/have the impression the password is also
encrypted. I thought this was standard these days. It seems risky to
send anything confidential like a password in clear text.

> As authentication mechanism, CLEAR authentication sends plain password
> to a server.

So... any ideas how I can debug it? It uses openssl?

/Tomas