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IMAP diagnostics questions
From: |
Jesse F. Hughes |
Subject: |
IMAP diagnostics questions |
Date: |
Sun, 25 Jul 2004 11:38:40 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.090017 (Oort Gnus v0.17) XEmacs/21.4 (Reasonable Discussion, linux) |
Hey ho.
In the Group buffer, when I hit "g", nnimap opens each group like so:
(From the lossage buffer, so upside down)
Opening nnimap server on PW+nnimap+PW:INBOX.kun...done
imap: Plaintext authentication...
Waiting for response from phiwumbda.org...done
imap: Opening SSL connection with `openssl s_client -quiet -ssl3 -connect
%s:%p'...done
imap: Opening SSL connection with `openssl s_client -quiet -ssl3 -connect
%s:%p'...
imap: Connecting to phiwumbda.org...
Opening nnimap server on PW+nnimap+PW:INBOX.kun...
Well, my first question: Is that plaintext authentication *really*
plaintext or not? If I'm doing this over the internet, can my
password be sniffed?
Second, is it necessary to establish the connection *every* time I get
new mail? I like to use gnus splitting with ifile, so it's not
sufficient just to check INBOX (though I have set some levels so that
some groups are only occasionally checked). If I use a daemon to do
this when idle, then it will thwart tkbiff, which reads only INBOX. I
don't want to run BIGNUM copies of tkbiff.
Is there a way to keep existing connections alive for a period of
time?
Also, in my server buffer, in addition to
{nnimap:PW} (opened)
I also see a slew of lines like
{nnimap:PW+nnimap+PW:INBOX.lists.categories} (opened)
{nnimap:PW+nnimap+PW:INBOX.tue} (opened)
{nnimap:PW+nnimap+PW:INBOX.tue.research} (opened)
{nnimap:PW+nnimap+PW:INBOX.trash.manual} (opened)
Is that normal? If I enter one of those "servers", I see a list of
all the existing IMAP groups marked "K".
Thanks for any help you can offer this small-brained person.
Remember, talk slow and use non-technical words. Dammit, Jim, I'm a
philosopher, not a programmer.
--
Jesse Hughes
"She testified they had sex near the Oval Office, not in the famous
room itself, because that `wouldn't be appropriate, you know.'"
-AP article
- IMAP diagnostics questions,
Jesse F. Hughes <=