Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 12:47:48 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> To: "Jim Durham" <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us>, "Mark Sergeant" <sarge@snsonline.net> Cc: <mwm@mired.org>, <go@dubkat.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: mail clients Message-ID: <01b001c0b4d6$070bf8c0$0200a8c0@apana.org.au> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103242035000.391-100000@shazam.int>
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I've used essentially the same setup in a few situations too. There does appear to be a body of opinion that IMAP-UW has security holes, however I get the impression that the problem only affects users who don't have a regular shell account. This may not be a problem to everyone. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Durham" <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> To: "Mark Sergeant" <sarge@snsonline.net> Cc: <mwm@mired.org>; <go@dubkat.com>; <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 11:39 AM Subject: Re: mail clients > > > On Tue, 20 Mar 2001, Mark Sergeant wrote: > > > The solution that I use which suits me quite well is I have an imap server > > running on my server & use webmail to access that. (squirrelmail > > http://www.squirrelmail.org) I then also use the mail client pronto and pop > > the messages off the server onto my laptop, (I use the option of not > > deleting the mail from the server.) > > > > > go@dubkat.com types: > > >> Hi, I'm just wondering if someone knows a good way to get mail in my > > >> situation. > > >> I want to be able to use a GUI client (Outlook, KMail, Evolution), > > >> but I > > >> also want to be able to access my mail when I'm somewhere else, like > > >> work. I've currently got a webmail daemon on my server, but I just > > I have a similar situation. I often use pine, but, if I want a GUI, > I use Netscape, which has filters. To access my home netscape client > fromm work or work from home, I use X forwarding in SSH and just start > up Netscape on the other end. You can use any X window mail client, of > course. > > Pine has a lot to recommend it, though. You don't have to suffer with > those ads! (and..it's fast!). > > -Jim Durham > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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