On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 08:44:40PM +0200, Ismael Valladolid Torres wrote: > I recommend you connecting to the server through ssh, if posible. Two > reasons, first, thus your IMAP user name and password won't travel in > clear text, second, you can enable compression, if the server is slow. > > set tunnel = "ssh -C -q username@your.imap.server /usr/sbin/imapd" This is not a general solution for all imap servers; it works only for imap servers that users are allowed to start. Better is to use imaps (mutt supports it automatically), or use ssh port forwarding. -- Dave Carrigan Seattle, WA, USA dave@rudedog.org | http://www.rudedog.org/ | ICQ:161669680 UNIX-Apache-Perl-Linux-Firewalls-LDAP-C-C++-DNS-PalmOS-PostgreSQL-MySQL Dave is currently listening to U2 - Surrender (War)
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