On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 20:59:54 +0100 (BST), "Alan J. Flavell"
<a.flavell@???> wrote:
>On Fri, 24 Jun 2005, Marc Haber wrote:
>> System passwords are way too valuable to use for e-mail
>> authentication which usually means storing them in clear text on the
>> client.
>
>What's this with "storing"? Once per session isn't too much to ask.
The mail clients in wide use offer to store the passwords. That
feature is so easily available so that people _are_ going to use it.
Greetings
Marc
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