On Fri, Mar 28, 2008, Anne Wilson wrote: >I have port 143 open so that I can get my mail when away from home. >Occasionally, though, my router reports things like You should be using secure IMAP on port 933, not port 143 where everything is sent in clear text. I don't know about other IMAP servers, but courier-imap handles this by default. Most current e-mail clients allow one to set this up easily, either directly or using TLS to request a secure connection on an initial connection to port 143. This doesn't keep people from trying dictionary attacks via imaps, but it does prevent them from sniffing the connections. Of course you are using good passwords n'est pas? Bill -- INTERNET: bill at celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 Intellectually, teachers fall between education theorists and bright cocker spaniels. (Probably closer to the education theorists. The AKC has been doing wonders with spaniels.) If you think I'm kidding look at the GREs for education majors, whose scores are the lowest of all fields, and remember that these are the smart ones. -- http://www.FredOnEverything.net