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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index c9303343..b5f16054 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/07/15 17:47:05 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/07/20 04:00:38 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -324,7 +324,8 @@ vs. NT performance.<P> You can find sources for IMAP software at <a href="http://www.imap.org">The IMAP Connection</a>; we like the open-source UW IMAP and Cyrus products. UW IMAP is the reference -implementation of IMAP.<P> +implementation of IMAP. UW IMAP's support for GSSAPI gives you a +good way to authenticate without sending a password en clair.<P> Source for a high-quality supported implementation of POP is available from the <a href="ftp://ftp.qualcomm.com/eudora/servers/unix/popper/">Eudora @@ -403,10 +404,12 @@ and your fetchmail was built with OPIE support compiled in (see the distribution INSTALL file), fetchmail will detect it also. When using OTP, you will specify a password but it will not be sent en clair.<P> -Sadly, there is at present (May 1998) no OTP or APOP-like +Sadly, there is at present (July 1998) no OTP or APOP-like facility generally available on IMAP servers. However, there do exist patches which will OTP-enable the University of Washington IMAP -daemon, version 4.1-BETA.<P> +daemon, version 4.1-BETA. And we have a report that the GSSAPI +support in fetchmail works with the GSSAPI support in the most recent +version of UW IMAP.<P> You can get both POP3 and IMAP OTP patches from <a name="cmetz">Craig Metz</A>, over FTP via either @@ -2043,7 +2046,7 @@ Re-ordering messages is a user-agent function, anyway.<P> <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/07/15 17:47:05 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/07/20 04:00:38 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |