[imp] IMP CVS problem...

Jon Parise jon@csh.rit.edu
Tue, 19 Jun 2001 17:01:52 -0400


On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 04:57:08PM -0400, francus@metsny.yossi.com wrote:

> What is the difference connecting to imp via https: and letting the web
> session take care of ssl and connecting to imap/ssl on port 993?
 
The first encrypts the HTTP connection between the browser and
the web server.  The second encrypts the IMAP connection between
the web server and the IMAP server.

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Jon Parise (jon@csh.rit.edu)  .  Rochester Inst. of Technology
http://www.csh.rit.edu/~jon/  :  Computer Science House Member