[BlueOnyx:05080] Re: OT get username + password from pop3 connections

Michael Stauber mstauber at blueonyx.it
Tue Jul 20 18:10:03 -05 2010


Hi Kit,

> The question is: is there a way to view what his server is using to try to
> authenticate? I know the username and am getting a lot of failures in
> var/log/maillog and also /var/log/messages

No, you won't be able to see the password that the user tries to authenticate 
with. That's not logged. So the only chance there is that the user finally 
manages to figure out how to set the new password in his email program. Or 
punish him by having him use webmail instead. :o)

-- 
With best regards

Michael Stauber



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