Plain Text and Encrypted Password Login

User IDs and passwords are stored in your LDAP directory. Password security criteria, such as minimum length, are determined by directory policy requirements. Password security criteria is not part of Messaging Server administration. To understand directory server password policies, see the Sun Java System Directory Server 5 2005Q1 Deployment Plannning Guide.

An administrator can set a messaging configuration parameter to determine if plain passwords are allowed or if passwords must be encrypted. For more information, see the service.xxx.plaintextminciper (where xxx is http, pop, or imap) parameter in the Sun Java System Messaging Server 6 2005Q4 Administration Reference.

Both plain text and encrypted password login can be used with POP, IMAP, and Messenger Express user access protocols.