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Re: Attacks using pop
From: simes () tcp co uk (simes () tcp co uk)
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 17:16:57 +0100
Alan Brown said
If the collecting client times out, the ~/user.pop is appended back onto ~/user. If the client times out while the .user.pop file is being built, ~/user isn't zeroed but ~/.user.pop is still appended
Thist really depends on the POP3 server you are using. It should really just read directly from the .pop file and ignore the actual mailbox. Certainly, this is how the POP3 server we have works. I would say that any POP3 server that appends the .pop file back onto the mail box itself when it loses the connection to the POP3 client is broken. -- Simon Burr | SysAdmin and Programmer, TCP Ltd simes () tcp net uk/simes () bofh org uk | http://www.tcp.co.uk/staff/simes/ I *don't* speak for my company, my boss does that cd /pub/lunch || dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mem
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