sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Tech@programming.devEnglish · 7 个月前Gmail preparing to drop POP3 mail fetchingwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10cross-posted to: news@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showgoogle@lemdro.id
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkGmail preparing to drop POP3 mail fetchingwww.theregister.comsabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Tech@programming.devEnglish · 7 个月前message-square7linkfedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showgoogle@lemdro.id
minus-squareSpikesOtherDog@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 个月前Not sure what op meant, but according to TFA, “POP3 requires sending passwords in plaintext.”
minus-squareeleijeep@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 个月前Yes just like HTTP, FTP, SMTP, telnet and all the other pre-TLS protocols that we now run over TLS for exactly this reason. Google, just like every other modern mail client, supports connecting to POP3 servers over SSL:
Not sure what op meant, but according to TFA, “POP3 requires sending passwords in plaintext.”
Yes just like HTTP, FTP, SMTP, telnet and all the other pre-TLS protocols that we now run over TLS for exactly this reason.
Google, just like every other modern mail client, supports connecting to POP3 servers over SSL: