Re: [Evolution] lost pop3 password

[Xavier Bestel <n0made free fr>]

Le mercredi 29 dÃcembre 2004 Ã 06:27 -0600, Ron Johnson a Ãcrit :
> 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.

Shame on me then .. a way that will work with all pop3 mailers: just spy
the internet connexion (with a tool like ethereal) and you'll see your
cleartext password. Then wonder if your ISP doesn't offer you something
more secure than po3 (especially when you plug your laptop in a foreign
LAN).

> Call up your ISP and have them change it.

Not always possible.

        Xav