[27421] in Athena Bugs
Re: Debathena: imtest
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Basch)
Fri Feb 12 18:31:47 2010
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From: Robert Basch <rbasch@mit.edu>
To: Alex Coventry <alex_c@mit.edu>
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Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:31:44 -0500
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On Feb 11, 2010, at 7:04 PM, Alex Coventry wrote:
> Thanks, -l 0 does fix the problem, but I don't like the idea of
> using an
> unencrypted channel. And a few years ago, at least, IMAP over SSL
> required frequent re-entry of my password, because the connection kept
> closing due to idleness.
You can still use GSSAPI to authenticate with IMAP over SSL; there
should be no need to specify a password. I think you can prevent
imtest from prompting for a password by specifying the mechanism
explicitly on the command line ("-m GSSAPI").
> Incidentally, if it's a server-side bug, why doesn't imtest fall
> over on
> the solaris machines, too?
Hmm, we will need to investigate that further; there might be another
problem.
Thanks,
Bob
