On Wed, Jul 12, 2000 at 11:27:52AM -0400, Derek Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, Bob Bell wrote:
> > If you like configuribility (?), I recommend mutt. Aron Griffis
> > introduced me to it, and with the 1.2 series I've been converted to
> > the point where I'm on the developer's list submitting patches.
> > *Highly* recommended.
>
> I've been meaning to look into mutt, and I have 2 questions:
>
> 1) Does it support IMAP?
Yes. In fact, I use mutt with an IMAP server. However, it
doesn't keep a local list of messages, so I has to retrieve the
message headers whenever you change folders. For that reason, some
people use fetchmail instead, as it's a lot quicker. However, I use
IMAP directly, and it works well for me.
> 2) Does it support encrypted sessions (SSL, SSH, whatever)?
I know that you can use IMAP with SSL in mutt, though I haven't
done so, so I don't know the details. I did a search for ssh in the
manual and came up with the following setting:
imap_preconnect
Type: string
Default: ""
If set, a shell command to be executed if mutt fails to establish a
connection to the server. This is useful for setting up secure
connections,
e.g. with ssh(1). If the command returns a nonzero status, mutt gives
up opening the server. Example:
imap_preconnect="ssh -f -q -L 1234:mailhost.net:143 mailhost.net sleep
20 < /dev/null > /dev/null"
Mailbox 'foo' on mailhost.net can now be reached as
'{localhost:1234}foo'.
NOTE: For this example to work, you must be able to log in to the
remote machine without having to enter a password.
Some info on SSL from the manual:
If Mutt was compiled with SSL support (by running the configure script
with the --enable-ssl flag), connections to IMAP servers can be
encrypted. This naturally requires that the server supports SSL
encrypted connections. To access a folder with IMAP/SSL, you should
use
{[username@]imapserver[:port]/ssl}path/to/folder as your folder path.
There are several ssl-related variables that can be set.
If you are going to use mutt, plan to allocate some time. It's one of
those things that's very configurable and powerful, but you've got to
learn about it first.
--
Bob Bell Compaq Computer Corporation
Software Engineer 110 Spit Brook Rd - ZKO3-3/U14
TruCluster Group Nashua, NH 03062-2698
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