simple, nay, elegant pop3 implementation?

Bruce M Simpson bms at spc.org
Wed May 26 23:46:53 GMT 2004


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On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 03:34:15PM -0700, Andrew Beals wrote:
> Why is there no default pop3 implementation included in the FreeBSD 
> distribution?  Is it for a lack of a suitably-licensed server, or does 
> everyone believe APOP authentication is crackable?

There are ample POP3 servers in the ports collection. I don't feel that
anything more than a minimalist outgoing MTA is appropriate for inclusion
in the base system; I am sure others share this opinion but I'm equally
sure that many don't...

Regards,
BMS


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