On Jun 30, 2004, at 3:02 AM, Amadeus wrote:

> Is this a limit to Outlook Express? Will I never get secure password
> authentication without using a TLS?
>
That's basically correct.  Outlook needs AUTH LOGIN, and in order to 
transport passwords in an encrypted fashion, you pretty much need to 
use TLS.

It's normally not difficult to setup, but the postfix management team 
haven't been too enthusiastic about properly integrating SASL support; 
so it turns into a can of worms.