Socrates APOP FAQs
POP stands for Post Office Protocol. APOP is considered a command by
the people that wrote it. We assume it
stands for Authenticated Post Office Protocol.
Every Eudora connection you make sends your username and password across the
network in clear text. This is a popular way for hackers to see your
password using a "sniffer" program. With APOP, your password is
encrypted while being transmitted over the network.
The issue is bigger than just your account and mail file. If a hacker
gains entrance to a computer via your userid password, the hacker has
an easier time of compromising other accounts on the entire
system.
If you don't need a login account, you should be
using the free UCLink service.
Yes, sometime in the future when APOP becomes available on more mail client programs.
Eudora Pro for Mac's and PC's support APOP. At this time, Netscape does not support APOP. Eudora Pro is licensed to
the campus and supported by Workstations Software Support. For more
info and to download the latest version of Eudora, go to the
PC/Windows Support Software page
or the
Macintosh Support Software
page.
No problem. It's just the mail program portion of the
Netscape browser that would be affected by moving to APOP.
You can continue to surf the net with your Netscape browser.
To remove yourself from the popauth database, telnet to Socrates and
type:
Confirm your APOP password at the "Old password" prompt.
At the "New password" prompt, type:
It depends on how you connect and what service you wish to use.
- If you use the campus modems, you need to use your campus modem
password, also known as your Home-IP password.
- To login into your Socrates account, you need to use your userid
login password.
- To use a pop mail client such as Eudora WITH APOP, you need to
use the APOP password that you created by using the "popauth" command on
Socrates.
- To use a pop mail client such as Eudora WITHOUT APOP, you need
to use your userid login password.
NOTE: Whether you use APOP authentication or not, the password
dialog box doesn't differ in it's appearance. In both
cases it asks "Please enter the current password for userid@socrates"
If you are using APOP, you will either have to use an APOP-capable
pop email client or remove yourself from the APOP database with
the popauth command. See item 7.
It doesn't. You will use your userid password when you telnet to Socrates
to use Pine.
These are the most common errors encountered:
-ERR authentication failure:
It's likely you are using the wrong password for APOP. Use the
password you created with the "popauth" command on Socrates
-ERR Password supplied for "(userid)" is incorrect:
This indicates that you are not using APOP and you typed
the wrong password, Try again using your userid password
-ERR You must use APOP to connect to this server:
You are in the Socrates APOP database but don't have APOP selected
in your client. Either telnet to Socrates and use the "popauth" command
to remove yourself from the APOP database or change the
authentication method configured in your client from Password to APOP.
-ERR not authorized:
You have APOP selected in your client but aren't in the database.
Either telnet to Socrates and use the "popauth" command to enter
yourself into the APOP database with a new password or change the
authentication method configured in your client from APOP to Password.
You will need to go to User and Accounts Services in 206 Evans
to request a new password. Be sure to bring a picture id. Their
hours are 10am-4pm Monday through Friday.
Please contact
socrates_consult@berkeley.edu if you encounter any unresolvable problems.
