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

[Gene H. <ghe...@sh...>]

On Wednesday 12 December 2018 08:07:23 Bjoern Voigt wrote:

> 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.
>
That I cannot argue with. Optional is best, and the user should be able 
to make it so from the instructions in the man page. Complete enough 
he/she won't have to pester the list to do it. And it wouldn't hurt to 
arrange a cleartext version hidden someplace preferably NOT on the 
machines drives. Here, a post-it note on the wall would be fine if you 
could find one that would stick till the rapture. Seems like the glue is 
getting weaker over the last couple decades...
> Greetings,
> Björn



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