[svlug] Secure POP3 installation

[Rick Moen]

Eric Pretorious <epretorious at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Are there any "safe/secure" POP3 servers currently available or should I
> migrate my SMTP service to a completely separate box and update the MX
> record in my DNS zone. i.e., create a dedicated SMTP/POP host. The only
> catch to establishing a dedicated SMTP/POP server would be my Mailman
> installation: Mailman requires an NFS connection between physically
> separate WWW and SMTP servers.

Good Lord, you don't believe in asking _small_ questions, do you?

There are numerous ways to redirect POP3 over SSH or SSL.  Or, if you
care only about authentication issues, you can use APOP -- maybe.  Or 
there are IMAP-based solutions.  Or countless other stranger variants 
(including not using POP or IMAP at all).

Having a dedicated SMTP/POP host doesn't necessarily fix your security
issue:  That depends on which security issues you're most concerned
about.

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Rick Moen
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