Originally Posted By: Shonky
Not if you weren't using it. The POP3 implementation would have to have a serious security hole that allowed bruteforcing a password or something like that.


This is exactly the accusation I am making: That Gmail's POP3 interface is inadequately protected against brute force attacks from China.

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You can't send through POP3 either.


No, but if you successfully bruteforce the POP3 password, then the SMTP password is the same one and you simply replace the address and then you can send mail through it.
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