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Date:      Fri, 11 Jun 1999 16:04:05 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Christopher J. Michaels" <cjm2@earthling.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD Mailing List <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Retrieving mail for root?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9906111603290.21365-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <000901beb424$33924980$0200000a@shithead.weeble.dyndns.org>

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On Fri, 11 Jun 1999, Christopher J. Michaels wrote:

> I know that this is probably intrinsically unsafe, but this is just on
> my local network, and I would like to know if it is possible to use an
> IMAP client to read root's e-mail?

Technically it should be possible.  Root's mailspool is just like anyone
else's.

> I realize I could have it re-directed to another user for this
> purpose, if I so choose, I would actually know if there is any way to
> configure anything for imapd (I'm using the imap-uw port).  Or, if
> not, is there a configurable imapd that has this option?

I don't know if imap-uw has an explicit config option to enable/disable
root access.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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