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Originally Posted by handsonhosting View Post
Main cPanel account SHOULD be set as failed rather than allowed to accept. The reasoning is that POP3 sends the passwords in plain text. If you are accepting mail through a POP3 and providing both your cpanel username & password in plain text, that's an exploit waiting to happen.

cpanel username should always be set to FAIL to avoid this potential risk.
Well said handsonhosting. If you do not set it to FAIL, then your asking for problems. It will be a matter of time before something happens.
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