[Pine-info] new member but not a new user has some questions

[loninappleton]

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007, Steve Hubert wrote:


> On Sun, 21 Jan 2007, loninappleton wrote:

>

>>  I'm trying to get rid of screen prompts which say

>>

>>     HOST pop.myisp.net [INSECURE] user:myusername Enter Password

>

> I don't know the answer to your questions but I thought I'd throw in some 

> information about "INSECURE". That is just a warning to you that your 

> password will be send unencrypted over the network. Probably the reason for 

> this in your case is that you have "NOTLS" in your configuration. When TLS is 

> used the entire conversation, including the password, will be encrypted.

>

> If you ISP supports IMAP you might be happier using that instead of POP.

>

> Steve

>


Hi Steve,

   I have no faith in the ISP since it was sold to an out of town phone
company.  I will be moving to a service which I consider more
approachable at the end of my contract.  I think I broached the question
of IMAP service before and they said it cost more money for those buying
webspace and such.  But my memory is not that good.  If I could just
flip it, I probably would.


   The only thing that seems to work is the NOTLS code on this service.
Any little change I make throws the program off.

   However, I will try it.


   Can I ask if Alpine solves any of these issues?  While I know it's
slightly OT I think there should be an easier way for civilians
such as myself to be able to change an OS without being so totally
in the dark.