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  1. Bug #119358
  2. Comment #62

Comment 62 for bug 119358

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote : Re: [Bug 119358] Re: Weak default authentication mode

On Sat, Dec 06, 2008 at 04:38:21PM -0000, Alexander Sack wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 05, 2008 at 01:56:31PM -0000, otzenpunk wrote:
> > > Is this still an issue for anyone?
> >
> > I think so. I myself use another mail client, but the issue is still
> > present in Intrepid. Just tested it, and it used SASL LOGIN although
> > CRAM-MD5 was available.
> >
> > Of course, there is an option in the wizard now, where you can disable
> > downloading mail immediately, so you can select this and change the
> > account settings manually before downloading your mail for the first
> > time, but that depends on your knowledge about this stuff.
> >
> > Joe Public will happily use the default and won't encrypt his passwords
> > at all.
> >
>
> Pleaes try shredder (tbird 3 preview) ... you can install
> thunderbird-3.0 package from ~fta PPA.
>

If you dont know what ~fta PPA means:

 http://launchpad.net/~fta/+archive

 - Alexander