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Re: tlug: attachments (was: Next Microsoft product...?)



On Tue, 1 Sep 1998, Jonathan Byrne - 3Web wrote:

> We used to have IMAP on the employees' mail server, but a serious
> security flaw was discovered and IMAP was subsequently disabled and we
> went back to POP3. 

IMAP is a security nightmare.  The guys at UW apparently don't audit their
software for buffer overruns.

-- Chris

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