How secure is a POP3 catch-all mailbox?

[Vinnie Irish]

Hi All,

We're looking at using MWEB's POP3 catch-all mailbox account, the MAPILabs POP3 connector would grab the mail from MWEB and then distribute the mail to the individual exchange mailboxes.

Is POP3 security of a high standard? ie. Username and password encrypted? I've heard the password is sent as clear text and the account can be easily accessed/hacked.

Your expertise and advice please.

Cheers
Vinnie

 

[Chevron]

Hi All,

We're looking at using MWEB's POP3 catch-all mailbox account, the MAPILabs POP3 connector would grab the mail from MWEB and then distribute the mail to the individual exchange mailboxes.

Is POP3 security of a high standard? ie. Username and password encrypted? I've heard the password is sent as clear text and the account can be easily accessed/hacked.

Your expertise and advice please.

Cheers
Vinnie

You can enable SSL if you want. MWEB would need to support it though. No idea if they do.

 

[Vinnie Irish]

Great thanks, I'll check with them on that.

 

[BCR]

How To Forward Emails to Multiple Recipients in Gmail or Google Apps

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How To Forward Emails to Multiple Recipients in Gmail or Google Apps (article from 2012, but is the clearest I found).
http://www.nordicblueconsulting.com/forward-emails-multiple-recipients-gmail-google-apps

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