On Tuesday 31 July 2001 06:04 pm, you wrote:

> Don't install telnetd. It's evil. It should be banned. The problem with
> telnet is that everything's unencrypted, including your passwd. ssh is much
> better. One could pop over ssl, but earthlink specifically doesn't provide
> that service :(.

> ciao,
>
> der.hans
You can use ssh with fetchmail to get your mail via pop in a secure
fashion.:) If anyone is interested let me now it is fairly simple.
Scarlett