Re: [exim] AOL Probs

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Szerző: Tony Finch
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Címzett: John W. Baxter
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Tárgy: Re: [exim] AOL Probs
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, John W. Baxter wrote:
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> But what's the point of using SSL on ONE of the hops a mail message takes?


To protect the authentication exchange which would otherwise expose
usernames and passwords, which is NOT something you want to do on a public
network.

Tony.
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