Author: Lanny Jason Godsey Date: To: Marc Haber, Exim users list CC: Subject: Re: [exim] auth smtp / user system
--- Marc Haber <mh+exim-users@???> wrote:
> 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
