Re: [TCLUG:6038] imap and filtering (and security)

[Scott Dier <dieman@ringworld.org>]

On Sat, 15 May 1999, Ben Luey wrote:
> 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?

Use "procmail" to filter into different imap folders.  Checkout the
procmail docs for more info.  When you have it wokring its really (!)
cool.
 > 
> 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?

Yeah, imap is (sadly) clear-text.  I dont know how simap works though.

Scott