sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Tech@programming.devEnglish · 4 months agoGmail preparing to drop POP3 mail fetchingwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up155cross-posted to: news@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showgoogle@lemdro.id
arrow-up155external-linkGmail preparing to drop POP3 mail fetchingwww.theregister.comsabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Tech@programming.devEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square19fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showgoogle@lemdro.id
minus-squareeleijeep@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-23 months agoYes just like HTTP, FTP, SMTP, telnet and all the other pre-TLS protocols that we now run over TLS for exactly this reason. Google, just like every other modern mail client, supports connecting to POP3 servers over SSL:
minus-squareSpikesOtherDog@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoYou are right. I seem to recall viewing these settings about 100 years ago.
Yes just like HTTP, FTP, SMTP, telnet and all the other pre-TLS protocols that we now run over TLS for exactly this reason.
Google, just like every other modern mail client, supports connecting to POP3 servers over SSL:
You are right. I seem to recall viewing these settings about 100 years ago.