Subject: help Rx

From: hmmm <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 17:44:02 -0700

i can't figure out if i can use pine or not!

i have a pop3 isp (no imap, heard it has big security hole)
and can't figure out if and how to retrieve my mail off of it
with Pine 3.95 on my home PC.

please help!  (i'm not on the list, please reply by email, thanks)

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From: Terry Gray <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 17:30:58 -0700 (PDT)

You can access an inbox in *online* mode, with reduced functionality,
via the following syntax in your pinerc:

 inbox-path={pop.server.name/pop}INBOX

However, I'm skeptical of what you were told about IMAP and security.

Could you find out more (or put us in touch with someone who knows) about
the alleged security hole?  It is possible that there is a security hole
in a particular IMAP server (and if it's ours, we want to know about it),
but there are lots of server choices now, and it is extremely unlikely
that the protocol itself is the problem.  (Indeed, in normal use, it is
better to use online access via IMAP than have repeated connections to
check for new mail via POP, as the latter scenario involves sending your
passwd over the net --usually in the clear-- many more times.)

-teg

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From: Terry Gray <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 23:00:14 -0700 ()

Oops, that should be:  /pop3

-teg

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From: hmmm <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 23:04:59 +0000 ()

>  inbox-path={pop.server.name/pop}INBOX

yeah, but that sure wasn't easy to see.  (i use pop3)
btw, i gotta move fast - PINE keeps dying evertime it realizes PPP
is off (as it restarts - auto/ondemand mode)

fbsd 2.1.5 / pine 3.95 - not subscribed!

i may run into him again, i'll note your comment on fbsd's lists

had to do with csh aliasing his client as the server ... ?