SMTP, PINE, and security

[jet@nas.nasa.gov (J. Eric Townsend)]

Greg Broiles writes:
 > I dunno; if things change such that it's considered normal for users to
 > connect to local or outside SMTP and NNTP ports, that would seem to create

This assumes that the gateways at one's sites will pass stuff on these
ports from non-authorized hosts.  True, one could go to different
ports on a relay box, but that's a bit more complicated than what the
'average user' is willing to put up with.