From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/82699 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Current git HEAD nnimap doesn't do cram-md5 auth Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 21:46:13 +0100 Message-ID: <87623r41re.fsf@gnus.org> References: <87oc80y8w5.fsf@dod.no> <87mxnja1cv.fsf@dod.no> <874o9rxa7l.fsf@dod.no> <877grxhi7r.fsf@dod.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1356381993 450 80.91.229.3 (24 Dec 2012 20:46:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 20:46:33 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M30965@lists.math.uh.edu Mon Dec 24 21:46:48 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TnEvA-0003EB-7V for ding-account@gmane.org; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 21:46:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1TnEur-0002BS-Fd; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 14:46:29 -0600 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1TnEuq-0002BF-C5 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 14:46:28 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1TnEuo-0004xr-Un for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 14:46:28 -0600 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TnEun-00041l-Hg for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 21:46:25 +0100 Original-Received: from ip-90-20-179-93.dialup.ice.net ([93.179.20.90] helo=rusty) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TnEue-0003Dq-5Y for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 21:46:17 +0100 X-Now-Playing: Winston Tong's _Theoretically Chinese_ In-Reply-To: <877grxhi7r.fsf@dod.no> (Steinar Bang's message of "Thu, 13 Sep 2012 20:48:40 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130006 (Ma Gnus v0.6) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-MailScanner-ID: 1TnEue-0003Dq-5Y MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1356986777.21163@m4Y5PZTRtdIcZTuLmYyehw X-Spam-Status: No X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:82699 Archived-At: Steinar Bang writes: > Prefer plain LOGIN if it's enabled and we're using an encrypted > connection. > > But I prefer CRAM-MD5 always, whether the connection is encrypted or > not. What's the advantage of CRAM-MD5 over PLAIN over encrypted connections? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen