Comment 73 for bug 44335

On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 6:29 AM, Jean-Yves Lefort <email address hidden> wrote:
> Matthias,
>
> The MN license certainly grants someone the freedom to modify the MN
> source code and redistribute the modified version. However, I own the
> "Mail Notification" trademark. Shipping a modified MN version that I
> have explicitly been disagreeing with is called trademark infringement.
> If someone wants to legally distribute such a MN version, he has to
> change the name of the application.
>
> Please keep in mind that it is my reputation which can potentially be
> damaged by this patch. For instance, if this patch contains a security
> vulnerability, the various security announcements that will be issued
> will contain my name.

Not to sound too bad, but the current ubuntu version has the biggest
security hole possible, it sends passwords clear text over the
internet. Any SSL support is much better than the current versions
shipped with Debian and Ubuntu. I am surprised that Debian and Ubuntu
allow the the application in the distro without SSL. For example, the
gmail account doesn't even warn you that the connection is not secure.
I like the product a lot and I package it myself with SSL enabled as I
would much rather not use the library than use it without any
security.

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> IMAP/POP3+SSL/TLS are disabled
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/44335
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