plaintext imap authentication

Bill Nottingham notting at redhat.com
Thu Jul 24 15:14:57 UTC 2003


Chris Ricker (kaboom at gatech.edu) said: 
> Prior to this first beta, uw-imap was configured in alphas / rawhide with
> plaintext authentication disabled when connecting over unsecured connections
> (ie, pop / imap, but not pops / imaps).
> 
> In beta1, uw-imap and dovecot both accept plaintext auth via at least imap 
> (didn't try pop). Was it decided that the world's not ready to give up 
> plaintext yet after all? Or just an accidental reversion?

* Fri Jul 11 2003 John Dennis <jdennis at finch.boston.redhat.com> 1:2002d-1
- bring upto new upstream release 2002d, change SSLTYPE to allow for plain text login again

Bill





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