ipop3d too secure?

Hello list, after upgrading from SuSE 8.0 to 9.0 I have a problem with our POP3 server: we use simple plain text logins for the mail server (we really do not need more security). With 8.0 this works with ipop3d out of the box. On 8.2 login is no longer possible. I replaced the ipop3d with the program from 8.0 and it worked fine again. Now after the upgrade to 9.0 this is not possible anymore, as the 8.0 program wants an older version of libssl. So I am stuck here. Want can I do to make ipop3d work again? Was has changed against the version in 8.0? I cannot find any related information in the READMEs etc. Thanks for any help! Jürgen