Re: [Exim] How to Secure SMTP/POP transaction

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Author: Suresh Ramasubramanian
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] How to Secure SMTP/POP transaction
* Daniel Einspanjer [exim-users] <14/06/01 12:04 -0400>:

> POP3 does have an alternative to plaintext passwords, called APOP, that
> does something similar to a hash salted with the date (I could be a


Tunneling over SSL, as you say below.

> The case is similar for SMTP. You can use a couple of different
> encryption methods for the password, but I don't believe that the SMTP
> protocol itself has any methods for encrypting the actual mail to be
> delivered.


That's what PGP / GnuPG etc are for :)

    --suresh