On Wed, 2010-01-06 at 13:50 -0500, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > On Wed, 2010-01-06 at 20:35 +0530, ram wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-01-05 at 23:47 -0800, Rob Banz wrote: > > > I would argue that it's out of scope -- credential management should > > > be taken care of by your credential management system, be it through a > > > web interface or whatever. Even if it were to be an accepted spec, the > > > chances of all of the client-writers implementing it, and in a > > > reasonable way, are slim to none. > > Everyone need not implement it. > > If the protocol is available , I definitely know thunderbird will > > have at least one extension within 2 days :-) > > Nothing is stopping you, or anyone, from creating a password management > service and creating a related plugin/extension for TB. This just > doesn't have anything more to do with IMAP than it does with SMTP (why > not extend the SMTP server?). > Right , Password change can be implemented at SMTP too. And MUA plugins are not the only advantages I was infact watching my inbound mails quarantine and we are getting hundreds of 419s from a US university mail server There is a stupid account called "test" with password as "test" ( I tested that myself! ) .. If there was a password change available at SMTP or IMAP I would have done the mailadmin a favor by changing the password of the account and stop further damage. > > Most smaller companies I know of use username passwords only for mail > > Seriously?! I do not share your experience. They must be very very > small if they have no shared resources beyond e-mail. > > ---- > Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ > Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki > List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
