imap and filtering (and security)

[Ben Luey <lueyb@carleton.edu>]

Currently, I receive my e-mail via fetchmail from an imap server and use
pine on my computer. My computer is going to be off this summer and I'd
like to be able to check my e-mail from anywhere. IMAP does this very
nicely; however I'd like to do some filtering (tclug, for example). Is
there a way to filter imap e-mail that is not imap client dependent since
I'l be checking from different clients over the summer?

Also, I noticed that there is a port for simap (imap over ssl). Does imap
normally send passwords clear-text? How would one setup imap over ssl and
would this be safe, or are all imap servers vulnerable?

Thanks,



Ben Luey
lueyb@carleton.edu
ICQ: 19144397

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