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>It seems that I'm one of the last Netscape 4.x users.

>The following paste shows the IMAP mail part of this

configuration file.

>You can see that the line 17 shows the unencrypted

password

Netscape 4.x is out of date - we recommend that

everyone upgrade to our latest version, Netscape 7.02.

In versions 6.1 and later, when the user chooses to

store a password, it is saved by default in

Base64-encoded format, but not encrypted. The user can

choose to encrypt all stored passwords with a "master

password" which acts as the key for a strong encryption

algorithm (3DES or AES, I think). To turn on the

strong encryption, choose Preferences from the Edit

menu. Open the "Privacy & Security" tab, click

"Passwords," and check the box labeled "use encryption

when storing sensitive data."

-Mitch Stoltz

Netscape Client Security & Privacy

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