[fetchmail]password in clear text?

[Rob MacGregor]

On 07/07/05, rahul zoro <rahul_zoro2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> I am using qmail & fetchmail both working fine.=20
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> But the main problem is in fetchmail conf file shows all password in clea=
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> Is it possible, Its show in encrypted form like (*****).=20

In short no.  To do this fetchmail would have to decrypt the password
before sending it.  Which means that decrypting it would be trivial,
which defeats the point.

For more details please search the list archive, where this has been
discussed to death.

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Rob MacGregor
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