OT: Enhanced IMAP protocol

[ram]

On Wed, 2010-01-06 at 13:50 -0500, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-01-06 at 20:35 +0530, ram wrote:
> > On Tue, 2010-01-05 at 23:47 -0800, Rob Banz wrote: 
> > > I would argue that it's out of scope -- credential management should  
> > > be taken care of by your credential management system, be it through a  
> > > web interface or whatever. Even if it were to be an accepted spec, the  
> > > chances of all of the client-writers implementing it, and in a  
> > > reasonable way, are slim to none.
> > Everyone need not implement it. 
> > If  the protocol is available , I definitely know thunderbird will
> > have at least one extension within 2 days :-) 
> 
> Nothing is stopping you, or anyone, from creating a password management
> service and creating a related plugin/extension for TB.  This just
> doesn't have anything more to do with IMAP than it does with SMTP (why
> not extend the SMTP server?).
> 
Right , Password change can be implemented at  SMTP too. And MUA plugins
are not the only advantages 

I was infact watching my inbound mails quarantine and we are getting
hundreds of 419s from a US university mail server

There is a stupid account called "test" with password as "test" ( I
tested that myself! )   .. If there was a password change available at
SMTP or IMAP  I would have done the mailadmin a favor by changing the
password of the account and stop further damage. 















> > Most smaller companies I know of use username passwords only for mail 
> 
> Seriously?!  I do not share your experience.  They must be very very
> small if they have no shared resources beyond e-mail.
> 
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