MBOX-Line: From mrc at CAC.Washington.EDU  Wed Nov  2 20:44:37 2005
To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
From: Mark Crispin <mrc@CAC.Washington.EDU>
Date: Fri Jun  8 12:34:36 2018
Subject: [Imap-protocol] username/password
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On Thu, 3 Nov 2005, Max Waterman wrote:
> 1) propose a new RFC to split the username/password, which can then be 
> implemented

The chances of such a document being accepted for publication as an RFC, 
much less being implemented, are about as close to nil as you can get 
without being completely impossible.

> 2) use a separate servers for secure and insecure users (I suppose a second 
> NIC would suffice?)

That is more likely.  You could use a different port number instead of a 
separate IP address.

I question the need to use a client which does not negotiate SSL or TLS. 
All modern IMAP clients support SSL and/or TLS, and have done so for 
years.

-- Mark --

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