[OT] Re: Security risk of POP3 & IMAP protocols

[Duncan Gibb]

Adam Tauno Williams wrote:

JV> a sales person told my friend that IMAP protocol is
JV> less secure than POP3 protocol.

ATW> It is really far and away more about end-to-end security
ATW> practices than it is the OSI layer 7 protocol(s) involved.

Indeed.

ATW> I stand by my assertion that the IMAP vs. POP issue is 100% bogosity.

Yep; I agree.  Perhaps the sales person is pushing a mail system which
doesn't speak IMAP (if such a thing exists).


Duncan

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