Using TLS - how do you know if your isp or mail host requires this?

[Felipe Alfaro Solana]

On 10/23/06, albi albinootje <albinootje at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/23/06, wade at wadesmart.com <wade at wadesmart.com> wrote:
> > 10232006 1107 GMT-6
> >
> > Im reading the ubuntu wiki on Postfix. Between this and a few others, they are all
> > talking about which security to use. How do I know what Im supposed to use?
>
> the old-fashioned pop3 is by default sending out encrypted username+password
> via port 110

You mean cleartext instead of encrypted, right? POP3 is a cleartext
protocol, much like HTTP or IMAP, and thus, credentials are sent
always in the clear.