Re: [Evolution] lost pop3 password

[Jean-Marc Liotier <jim liotier org>]

On Wed, 2004-12-29 at 06:27 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-12-29 at 17:14 +0500, emnej wrote:
> > I forgot the pop3 password of one of my email accounts. It's still 
> > stored in Evolution 1.4 but in an encrypted form. Is there any way to 
> > decrypt it?
>
> Shame on anyone who tells you.

Why that ? Anyone can look at the source to determine where the hash is
stored and what algorithm is used, and then brute force it. Since that
requires access to the user's ~/.evolution this is pretty harmless
knowledge since anyone who got as far as copying that directory already
has the user's mail. I fail to see how slowing down the dissemination of
this piece of knowledge will really help anyone.

But that said, everyone is still free to tell or not to tell...