Re: [Fetchmail-users] Fetchmail without passwords in plaintext file?

[Bjoern V. <bj...@ar...>]

Gene Heskett wrote:
> While I realize there is a need for encrypted passwd's in the more densly
> populated and/or industrial areas where business critical information 
> might be sought by the shadier types, that need has not reached out here 
> in the puckerbrush. Yet... I am not aware of any pop3 server in this 
> moderately rural area, ever asking us to use encrypted passwds. Not 
> saying there aren't such isp's but I've not encountered any yet.  What 
> I'm saying is that forcing it on us, would force us to find another 
> fetchmail like agent. In fact, they've not even forced us to longer 
> passwds yet. I'd druther they did, to at least 20 alpha/numeric chars 
> but too many winders users think 12345 or 54321Boom is good enough.
> And they are the majority by far. I'm an island of all linux stuff here.

Gene, I do not think, that Fetchmail will force us to store passwords
encrypted. But I think, Fetchmail should ofter at least one working
interface to an encrypted password store or password manager. And I
think, the Fetchmail documentation should recommend to store passwords
encrypted.

Greetings,
Björn