>> first and foremost, why not forward your mail to a machine where you can
>> read locally, or at least have a user account on? this spares you the trouble
>> of worrying about that, or at least allows you to set up a secure tunnel on
>> your own if you still have to pop. (this is not, for example, an option on
>> mail.utexas.edu, but might be on a departmental mailserver--my boss reads
>> mail with netscape thru such a tunnel. details upon request)
>> note this encrypts the entire transaction including message bodies.
>>
>
>with netscape? how is that done? Is this a netscape option or something that
>happens with the tcp socket? (I assume this isn't the ssl option for sending
since you asked =)
ssh -f -L 110:server:110 username@server sleep 99999999
(needs be run as root on your machine). then you point netscape at
localhost:110 for its mail, and it never speaks a bit in the clear on
the net.
>switch to pine soon anyways so I can read my e-mail anywhere. OTOH, I am now
>getting a little paranoid about telnetting into my computer. Do any UT computer
>labs actually have ssh support?
iif youre on windows or a mac, there are free ssh clients for the downloading.
check out teraterm+ssh for windows, and bettertelnet + ssh for a mac.
sorry i dont have URL's handy, your fave s3earch engine should turn em up
for you.
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