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+ | ====== What is APOP ====== | ||
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+ | When your email clients connects to your mail server with a regular POP3 connection, your login and password are sent in plain text across the network (i.e. the internet). If someone wants to get at your password, he thus has a good chance of getting at it. | ||
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+ | APOP is an alternative to sending a login/ | ||
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+ | POPFile supports this login mechanism. See [[FAQ: | ||
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+ | PS: The meaning of the ' | ||
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